Patents Assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappelijk oderzoek TNO
  • Publication number: 20150226622
    Abstract: A pressure sensing assembly (1), comprising: an elongate, axially extending tube (100), having a flexible tube wall (102) that encloses an inner pressure chamber (106); and at least one sensor unit (200), including: two tube wall fixation devices (210), connected to the tube wall (102) at respective axially spaced apart positions, and configured to fix respective diameters (D, d) of the tube wall at said positions; and a first strain sensing element (220), connected to the tube wall (102) at a first position axially in between said two tube wall devices (210), and configured to provide a first signal indicative of an axial elongation of the tube wall resulting from a change in axial curvature of the tube wall when a pressure differential between the inner pressure chamber (106) and an outside environment (108) of the tube is applied across the tube wall at said first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappelijk oderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Lun Kai Cheng, Peter Martijn Toet, Rik Jansen