High pressure transducer
First Claim
1. A high pressure transducer for ballistic application having an externally threaded portion and operable to be threadably secured directly in a mounting aperture having an internally threaded portion and provided in a ballistic structural component, comprising a body member provided with said externally threaded portion, a sensor part connected with the body member and having a membrane portion, a sealing portion and a housing portion, said membrane portion serving to actuate a sensor element located within the housing portion of the sensor part, means adapted to form a shoulder seal between mutually abutting surfaces of the sealing portion and the mounting aperture, said seal being located ahead of the threaded portions, and further means in the transducer operable to substantially keep away from the membrane portion and housing portion, the force flux lines stemming from the tightening and sealing forces which are produced when sealing the transducer relative to the structural component, said further means being formed at least in part by displacement of the housing portion and the membrane portion with respect to the sealing portion so that said force flux lines are substantially kept away from the housing and membrane portions.
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Abstract
A high pressure transducer, particularly for ballistic pressure measurements, with a sensor part, with a sealing part formed thereon and with a hollow mounting screw surrounding the sensor part with a clearance. The sensor part can be inserted together with the sealing part into a threaded mounting aperture in the component to be examined, whereby the sealing surface of the sealing part comes into sealing contact with a seating surface of the mounting aperture. The hollow mounting screw presses on the sealing part and produces the force necessary for sealing. The sealing surface of the sealing part is located somewhat ahead of a membrane portion while the sealing part is connected relatively elastically with the sensor part by means of a narrow web. The force flux lines produced by the sealing force are restricted in their effect substantially to the sealing part and do not reach the sensor element received in the sensor part; as a result thereof, a substantial independence of the measures values from the mounting conditions is attained.
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- 1. A high pressure transducer for ballistic application having an externally threaded portion and operable to be threadably secured directly in a mounting aperture having an internally threaded portion and provided in a ballistic structural component, comprising a body member provided with said externally threaded portion, a sensor part connected with the body member and having a membrane portion, a sealing portion and a housing portion, said membrane portion serving to actuate a sensor element located within the housing portion of the sensor part, means adapted to form a shoulder seal between mutually abutting surfaces of the sealing portion and the mounting aperture, said seal being located ahead of the threaded portions, and further means in the transducer operable to substantially keep away from the membrane portion and housing portion, the force flux lines stemming from the tightening and sealing forces which are produced when sealing the transducer relative to the structural component, said further means being formed at least in part by displacement of the housing portion and the membrane portion with respect to the sealing portion so that said force flux lines are substantially kept away from the housing and membrane portions.
- 4. A high-pressure transducer for ballistic application having an externally threaded portion and operable to be threadably secured directly in a mounting aperture having an internally threaded portion and provided in a ballistic structural component, comprising a main body member, a sensor part connected to the body member and having a membrane portion, a sealing portion and a housing portion, said membrane portion serving to actuate a sensor element located within the housing portion of the sensor part, means adapted to provide a shoulder seal between mutually abutting surfaces of the sealing portion and the mounting aperture, said seal being located ahead of the threaded portions, said sealing portion being flange-like and extending generally radially from the sensor part within the area of the membrane portion, and further means operable to substantially keep away from the housing portion and membrane portion the force flux lines stemming from the tightening and sealing forces which are produced when sealing the transducer relative to the structural component, including a threaded hollow mounting means provided with said externally threaded portion and surrounding the main body member and operable to urge said flange-like sealing portion into sealing engagement with a seating surface in the mounting aperture so that said force flux lines are substantially kept away from the housing and membrane portions.
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