RTD assembly

• US 4,971,452 A
• Filed: 02/20/1990
• Issued: 11/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philip F. Finney
• Original Assignee: Philip F. Finney
• Inventors: Finney, Philip F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Will, Thomas B.
• Application Number:
  US07/481,693
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 374/183, 374/185, 374/147, 374/208, 338/22 R, 338/28, 338/30
• US Class Current: 374/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/143 for measuring surface temperatures

Abstract

An RTD assembly is welded directly to the heat receiving surface of a heat exchanger and shields the resistance element from the combustion gasses and thermally isolates the resistance element from the sheath of a sheathed cable which electrically connects the RTD to remotely located associated circuitry. The resistance element is maintained in direct contact with the heat receiving surface of the exchanger to provide an accurate measurement of the temperature of that surface.

Claims

1. A temperature sensing device for using in monitoring the temperature of a surface, comprising in combination

a solid metal body having a recess located in a portion thereof and opening onto one surface thereof,

a resistance element mounted in said recess,

heat insulating means interposed between said body and said resistance element,

said body having a hole extending from one end of said body into communication with said recess

a first plurality of conductive leads extending from said resistance element into said hole,

a sheathed cable having a second plurality of conductive leads extending through a metal sheath,

said sheath being welded to said one end of said body over said hole,

the conductive leads of said first and second pluralities being respectively connected together, and

means insulating said first plurality of conductive leads from one another and from said body,

said body being substantially smaller in size than said sheathed cable and having a heat transfer inhibiting section disposed between said one end and said portion thereof in which said recess is located thereby to inhibit the transfer of heat from said sheathed cable to said portion of said body in which said recess is located.

2. A temperature sensing device according to claim 1 wherein

said heat transfer inhibiting section has a cross-sectional area which is less than the cross-sectional area of said body at said one end.

3. A temperature sensing device according to claim 2 wherein

said resistance element is elongate and is insertable into said recess through said hole.

4. A method of measuring the temperature at a surface of a member, comprising the steps of

providing a temperature sensing device comprising in combination a solid metal body having a recess located in a portion thereof and opening onto one surface thereof, a resistance element mounted in said recess, heat insulating means interposed between said body and said resistance element, said body having a hole extending from one end of said body into communication with said recess, a first plurality of conductive leads extending from said resistance element into said hole, a sheathed cable having a second plurality of conductive leads extending through a metal sheath, said sheath being welded to said one end of said body over said hole, the conductive leads of said first and second pluralities being respectively connected together, and means insulating said first plurality of conductive leads from one another and from said body, said body being substantially smaller in size than said sheathed cable and having a heat transfer inhibiting section disposed between said one end and said portion thereof in which said recess is located thereby to inhibit the transfer of heat from said sheathed cable to said portion of said body in which said recess is located,

positioning said one surface of said body and an external surface of said resistance element in contact with said surface of said member, and

providing a continuous weld completely surrounding said recess between said body and said surface of a member.