Arrangement comprising an electrical printed-circuit board and an electrical pressure pick-up

• US 6,155,119 A
• Filed: 01/11/1999
• Issued: 12/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Ami Doduco GmbH (AMI Doduco, Inc.)
• Inventors: Normann, Norbert, Kuhnle, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Harshad
• Assistant Examiner(s): AW MUSSE, ABDULLAHI H
• Application Number:
  US09/125,419
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 73/146.2, 73/146.3, 73/756, 73/754, 73/707, 73/715, 73/716, 73/717, 73/718, 73/719, 73/720, 73/721, 73/723, 73/724, 73/725, 73/726, 73/727, 73/753
• US Class Current: 73/756
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/04 mounted on the wheel or tyre
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/0609 Pressure pulsation damping arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/141 Monolithic housings, e.g. molded or one-piece housings
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0272 Adaptations for fluid transport, e.g. channels, holes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09072 Hole or recess under component or special relationship between hole and component
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10151 Sensor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

An arrangement made up of an electrical circuit board (7) and an electrical pressure transducer (1) which has, in a housing (2), a pressure sensor onto which the pressure to be measured is transferred by means of a fluid through a channel (5) leading into the housing (2), and from which there proceed electrical lines which project out of the housing (2) as leads (4) and are connected to the circuit board (7). The channel (5) is shielded on the outer side of the housing (2) so that the flow resistance for fluid entering and leaving the channel (5) increases.

Claims

1. An apparatus made up of an electrical circuit board and an electrical pressure transducer which has, in a housing, a pressure sensor onto which the pressure to be measured is transferred by means of a fluid through a channel leading into the housing, said channel having a given fluid flow resistance, and from which there proceed electrical lines which project out of the housing as leads and are connected to the circuit board, wherein the channel is shielded by mechanical shielding means associated to the outer side of the housing so that the flow resistance for fluid entering and leaving the channel increases above said given fluid flow resistance of said channel.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein the leads of the pressure transducer are joined to the circuit board using SMD technology.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, 2 or 5 wherein the width of the channel is increased along its length from the inner end to the outer end of the channel.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the widening of the channel is accomplished in steps.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, 2 or 5 wherein a filter is provided between the shielding means and the housing.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the shielding means is perforated.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein the shielding means is covered by a filter.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, 2 or 5 wherein the (channels subdivided by fins run between) flow resistance is increased by providing channels between the housing and the shielding means for passing the fluid to said channel in the housing, wherein the length and cross section of the channels determine the fluid flow resistance.

13. The apparatus as defined in claim 12, wherein the channels are provided in the surface of the housing and/or of the shielding means.

14. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, 2 or 5 wherein a gap is provided between the housing and the shielding means by providing a pattern in the shielding means or in the surface of the housing.

15. The apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the gap is formed by the provision of copper traces, by single or repeated printing on of solder metal, solder resist, or printing paste, or by milled-out recesses in the shielding means or in the adjacent housing, or by interposing a milled or shaped element equipped with one or more channels.

17. An apparatus for monitoring the air pressure in tires on vehicle wheels comprising a valve and a valve base and also having an apparatus as defined in claim 1, 2 or 5 to be provided on or in the valve base.

21. The apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the gap is formed by the provision of copper traces, by single or repeated printing on of solder metal, solder resist, or printing paste, or by milled-out recesses in the shielding means and in the adjacent housing.

2. An apparatus made up of an electrical circuit board and an electrical pressure transducer which has, in a housing, a pressure sensor onto which the pressure to be measured is transferred by means of a fluid through a channel leading into the housing, said channel having a given fluid flow resistance, and from which there proceed electrical lines which project out of the housing as leads and are connected to the circuit board, wherein the channel is shielded by mechanical shielding means in form of a plate.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the plate is the circuit board.

16. The apparatus as defined in claim 3, (one of claims) wherein the gap between the circuit board and the housing is entirely sealed, and to allow pressure transducer, one or more holes which communicate with the channel are provided in the circuit board.

18. The apparatus as defined in claim 2 or 5, wherein the leads of the pressure transducer are joined to the circuit boards using SMD technology.

19. The apparatus as defined in claim 2 or 5, wherein a filter is provided under the shielding means.

20. The apparatus as defined in claim 2 or 5, wherein the shielding is perforated.

5. An apparatus made up of an electrical circuit board and an electrical transducer which has, in a housing, a pressure sensor onto which the pressure to be measured is transferred by means of a fluid through a channel leading into the housing, said channel having a given fluid flow resistance, and from which there proceed electrical lines which project out of the housing as leads and are connected to the circuit board, wherein the channel is shielded by mechanical shielding means in form of a cap.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein the cap is formed by hollowing out a plate.