Measuring instrument to capture a physical/chemical measured value

• US 7,866,219 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2007
• Issued: 01/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: ABB Patent GmbH (ABB Limited)
• Inventors: Keller, Steffen, Kramer, Beat, Friedrichs, René, Disselnkötter, Rolf, Gebhardt, Jörg, Kassubek, Frank, Deppe, Lothar
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams; Hezron
• Assistant Examiner(s): FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB
• Application Number:
  US11/892,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20080047351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 735/70, 73861354-861355
• US Class Current: 73/861.355
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 1/8422 exciters
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 1/8427 detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/063 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

A measuring instrument to capture a physical/chemical measured value, including a sensor unit, which is linked via a contactless interface to a transmitter unit, for passing on to a central analysis unit, wherein the sensor unit includes an at least partly internal sensor element which vibrates against a sensor housing because of operation, and which is linked, contactlessly and inside the sensor unit, for sensor signal transmission, via a first transmission/reception unit, to a complementary second transmission/reception unit, which is arranged at a fixed location relative to the sensor housing, and which is also linked, contactlessly and outside the sensor unit, to a third transmission/reception unit of the transmitter unit.

Claims

1. A measuring instrument to capture a physical/chemical measured value, comprising:

a Coriolis meter sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit includes a sensor housing for housing an at least partly internal sensor element for vibrating against the sensor housing during operation, wherein the sensor element is an electrodynamic linear sensor, wherein the sensor element is linked, contactlessly and inside the sensor unit, for bidirectional sensor signal transmission, via a first transmission/reception unit, to a second transmission/reception unit, which is arranged at a fixed location relative to the sensor housing, and wherein the sensor element is linked, contactlessly, to a third transmission/reception unit of a transmitter unit outside the sensor housing, via the first transmission/reception unit and the second transmission/reception unit, for bidirectional sensor signal transmission.

2. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first transmission/reception unit, the second transmission/reception unit and the third transmission/reception unit are in a form for transmission of operating energy.

3. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 2,

wherein the transmitted operating energy is in the power range between 100 mW and 500 mW.

4. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first transmission/reception unit, the second transmission/reception unit and the third transmission/reception unit are in a form for transmission of internal control signals.

5. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 2,

wherein simultaneous operating energy transmission takes place via ultrasound energy, light energy or electromagnetic energy.

6. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the transmitter unit is fixed removably to the outside of the sensor housing of the sensor unit.

7. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the transmission/reception units are constructed in the same way and the transmission/reception units operate two link directions.

8. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the vibrating sensor element is equipped with a frequency converter unit.

9. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 6,

wherein the transmission/reception units are constructed in the same way and the transmission/reception units operate two link directions.

10. The measuring instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission/reception unit and the second transmission/reception unit are configured to transmit drive energy to the sensor element.