Miniaturized pressure equalized displacement sensor assembly
First Claim
1. A sensor for mounting in a system, comprising:
- a sensing device and a housing, said sensing device having a first side and a second side, an aperture in said housing, said sensing device mounted within said aperture;
a first opening in said housing exposing said first side to an environment outside said housing;
a second opening in said housing exposing said second side to said environment outside said housing, wherein said first opening and said second opening provide that pressure on said first side is equal to pressure on said second side of said sensing device; and
said housing further comprising a surface for sealably connecting said housing to the system, said sealing surface to stop fluid flow across said surface.
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Abstract
The novel sensor assembly is comprised of a threaded housing with pressure relief tracks through the threads that terminate at a hole through the housing and a displacement sensor. In the preferred embodiment, we have included an integral connector, a super-elastic core carrier and a Differential Variable Reluctance Transducer. Other sensor types could be used to construct a pressure equalized displacement sensor as described herein, these may include: capacitive, resistive, Hall effect, eddy current, and differential variable transformer.
The sensor is attached to a keyed connector and the entire assembly is potted into the housing. A temperature probe can also be potted with this assembly to allow for multiple tasks t1o be performed by this one housing. The housing is threaded on one end to allow for easy mounting. A hole is drilled through the housing just in back of the sensor and two tracks run perpendicular to and slightly deeper than the threads. The tracks connect to the through hole. This configuration allows fluid to freely flow from the front to the back of the sensor and putting it in equilibrium without escaping from the pressurized environment. This embodiment is hermetically sealed, extremely robust and easily mounted.
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39 Claims
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1. A sensor for mounting in a system, comprising:
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a sensing device and a housing, said sensing device having a first side and a second side, an aperture in said housing, said sensing device mounted within said aperture;
a first opening in said housing exposing said first side to an environment outside said housing;
a second opening in said housing exposing said second side to said environment outside said housing, wherein said first opening and said second opening provide that pressure on said first side is equal to pressure on said second side of said sensing device; and
said housing further comprising a surface for sealably connecting said housing to the system, said sealing surface to stop fluid flow across said surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 32, 33, 34, 39)
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14. A threaded member, comprising:
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a shaft having a threaded surface and an end surface;
an aperture within said shaft;
a first opening extending from said end surface to said aperture;
a channel extending along said shaft from said end surface and intersecting a plurality of threads of said threaded surface; and
a second opening extending from said channel to said aperture. - View Dependent Claims (15, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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23. A system, comprising:
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a chamber and a sensor for sensing a parameter in said chamber;
said sensor comprising a sensing device and a housing, said sensing device having a first side and a second side, an aperture in said housing, said sensing device mounted within said aperture;
a first opening in said housing exposing said first side to an environment outside said housing;
a second opening in said housing exposing said second side to said environment outside said housing wherein said first opening and said second opening provide that pressure on said first side is equal to pressure on said second side of said sensing device; and
said housing further comprising a surface for sealably connecting said housing to said chamber, said sealing surface to stop fluid flow across said surface. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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