With Protective Separator Patents (Class 73/706)
  • Patent number: 12085851
    Abstract: A pressure sensor manifold is provided that resolves issues caused by accumulated particles and bubbles to improve print head performance. The pressure sensor manifold includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a dome-shape cavity connecting with both the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The fluid inlet has a first interior cross-section, and the fluid outlet has a second interior cross-section. The dome-shape cavity has an apex. A line that is tangential to the apex passes through a plurality of points on both the first interior cross-section of the fluid inlet and the second interior cross-section of the fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: John D. Williamson, Steven C. Shackleton
  • Patent number: 12085465
    Abstract: A remote diaphragm seal is provided. The remote diaphragm seal includes a flange coupled to a deflectable diaphragm configured to come into contact with a flow of process fluid along a first side of the diaphragm. The flange includes a fluidic passageway in fluidic communication with a second side of the deflectable diaphragm, the fluidic passageway including a substantially incompressible fluid. The flange also includes at least one additional passageway in fluidic communication with the first side of the deflectable diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventor: Paul R. Fadell
  • Patent number: 12072256
    Abstract: A sensor element suitable for miniaturization. This pressure sensor element has: a metal plate; an insulating film provided on a first surface, which is one surface of the metal plate, so as to form a covered region in which the first plate is covered and an exposed region in which the first surface is exposed; and a pressure detection circuit formed on the insulating film so as to be insulated from the first surface by means of the insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Ken Unno, Tetsuya Sasahara, Kohei Nawaoka
  • Patent number: 11988569
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure detection device including a pressure detection unit and a channel unit. The channel unit has a contact part arranged in contact with the pressure detection unit, the contact part has a protective film arranged in contact with a pressure detection surface and configured to block contact between the pressure detection surface and a liquid and a body forming an opening arranged at an end of the channel, the protective film and the body are formed of a thermoplastic fluorine resin, and the protective film is arranged so as to close the opening of the body and welded to the body in an annular region extending circumferentially about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hiroshi Imai
  • Patent number: 11898426
    Abstract: Various implementations include electric centrifugal pump assemblies for producing oil from wells. A submersible electric motor includes a housing, a shaft inside said housing that transmits rotational power from the electric motor section to the pump section, a mechanical seal surrounding the shaft to keep a dielectric fluid inside the electric motor, and a unit for compensating the volume of the dielectric fluid. Said unit maintains a constant positive pressure and includes a spring mounted inside a metal bellows. The spring is arranged in a tensioned state inside a cavity containing dielectric fluid. The spring is rigidly fastened facing the electric motor and to the bottom of the bellows such as to be capable of axial movement. The volume compensation unit is provided with a sensor for sensing the position of the spring/bellows. The cavity is filled with a barrier fluid preventing scale build-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Joint Stock Company “Novomet-Perm”
    Inventors: Danila Nikolayevich Martiushev, Natalya Anatolevna Lykova, Timofej Rinatovich Motygullin, Stepan Konstantinovich Kozlov, Dmitriy Alekseevich Shevtsov, Maksim Olegovich Perelman, Evgeniy Vyacheslavovich Poshvin
  • Patent number: 11879345
    Abstract: A sensor includes a mount arranged along a sensor axis, an airfoil body fixed to the mount and having a first face and second face extending along the sensor axis, a heater element, and a temperature probe. The heater element and the temperature probe are positioned within the airfoil body and extend axially along the airfoil body. The airfoil body defines within its interior a pressure channel having an inlet segment extending between the heater element and the first face of the airfoil body to prevent ice formation and/or melt ice entrained within air traversing the pressure channel. Gas turbine engines, methods of removing ice or preventing ice formation, and methods of making sensors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Holl, Scott Wigen, Robert Edward Sable, Scott D. Isebrand, Brian Boyd
  • Patent number: 11846555
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure gauge comprising a pressure sensor and a pressure transmitter connected upstream of the pressure sensor and having an isolation diaphragm enclosing a pressure receiving chamber. A hydraulic pressure transmission path is connected to the pressure receiving chamber and is filled with a pressure transmitting fluid that transmits the pressure acting on the outer side of the isolation diaphragm to the pressure sensor The pressure gauge allows functional impairments of the pressure gauge to be detected early without having to change the pressure acting on the outer side of the isolation diaphragm. The pressure transmitter comprises an electronically activatable deflection device which is designed in such a way that, when activated, it exerts a constant force deflecting the isolation diaphragm, on the isolation diaphragm, or on an element connected to the isolation diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Sergey Lopatin, Igor Getman
  • Patent number: 11835138
    Abstract: A diaphragm seal includes a first diaphragm that faces a measurement medium, a sealed-liquid housing, and a second diaphragm. The first diaphragm receives pressure from the measurement medium. The sealed-liquid housing houses a sealed liquid for transferring the pressure to a transmitter. The second diaphragm causes hydrogen intruded into the sealed liquid to permeate through the second diaphragm and be discharged from the sealed liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yukimitsu Sekimori
  • Patent number: 11740148
    Abstract: A sensor for use in a fluid flow application is provided. The sensor includes an inlet chamber configured to receive a fluid flow from a first conduit, an outlet chamber configured to provide the fluid flow to a second conduit, and a membrane separating the inlet chamber from the outlet chamber, the membrane including a fluid passage to allow the fluid flow from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber. The sensor also includes a circuit component disposed on the membrane, having an electrical property configured to change according to a deformation of the membrane, and a conductor formed on a substrate and coupled with the circuit component, to provide an electrical signal based on a change in the electrical property of the circuit component. The membrane includes an epitaxial layer formed on the substrate. Methods for fabricating and using the above sensor are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Adam Walsh, Christian Sandmann
  • Patent number: 11703408
    Abstract: Pressure sensors are configured for accurate, non-position sensitive pressure measurement. They can offer microprocessor-based features for optimized measurement, control, and signaling using precision-calibrated silicon piezoresistive microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors provisioned within a durable, versatilely mountable housing. Such sensors can be mounted readily in alternate locations, configurations, and/or positions. They can also offer real-time temperature compensation, enable selectable analog outputs (such as 2-wire mA, 3-wire mA, or 3-wire V signals), enable adjustable range or subrange selection, support uni- or bi-directional settings, and allow local (pushbutton) or remote (via dry contacts) zeroing for accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Senva, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Leonard, Kent Jeffrey Holce
  • Patent number: 11692895
    Abstract: A differential MEMS pressure sensor includes a topping wafer with a top side and a bottom side, a diaphragm wafer having a top side connected to the bottom side of the topping wafer and a bottom side, and a backing wafer having a top side connected to the bottom side of the diaphragm wafer and a bottom side. The topping wafer includes a first cavity formed in the bottom side of the topping wafer. The diaphragm wafer includes a diaphragm, a second cavity formed in the bottom side of the diaphragm wafer underneath the diaphragm, an outer portion surrounding the diaphragm, and a trench formed in the top side of the diaphragm wafer and positioned in the outer portion surrounding the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: David P. Potasek, Jun Zheng
  • Patent number: 11668617
    Abstract: A diaphragm seal for transmitting the pressure of a process medium includes a main body having a surface and a separating membrane secured to the surface, thereby forming between the separating membrane and the surface a pressure chamber which communicates, via an opening in the surface, with a hydraulic path. The separating membrane can be exposed to the process medium on a first side, and the separating membrane has a central middle region. The diaphragm seal further includes a temperature transducer for determining a temperature measurement variable of the process medium, which is secured in the middle region on a second side of the separating membrane, and the main body is joined to the separating membrane such that a transmitting fluid, which fills the pressure chamber and the hydraulic path, does not come into contact with the temperature transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventor: Patrick Doria
  • Patent number: 11656138
    Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly includes a pressure sensor, a pedestal and an electrically conductive header having a header cavity. The pressure sensor includes, an electrically conductive sensing layer having a sensor diaphragm, an electrically conductive backing layer having a bottom surface that is bonded to the sensing layer, an electrically insulative layer having a bottom surface that is bonded to a top surface of the backing layer, and a sensor element having an electrical parameter that changes based on a deflection of the sensor diaphragm in response to a pressure difference. The pedestal is bonded to the electrically insulative layer and attached to the header within the header cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Edward Meyer, Mark George Romo, Eric Paul Petersen, Timothy David Lasonne, David Jonathon Hillman
  • Patent number: 11656142
    Abstract: A pressure sensor receptacle for the fastening of a pressure sensor to a motor vehicle tank, and a tank device that includes a pressure sensor receptacle. The pressure sensor receptacle includes a receptacle body having a substantially cylindrical shape with a first axial end forming a fastening portion of the receptacle body, the fastening portion configured for being plugged through an opening of the motor vehicle tank until a first bearing surface of the receptacle body bears against an edge of the opening, wherein the first bearing surface is configured to bound the fastening portion; and a locking body having a second bearing surface, the locking body configured for mounting and locking onto the fastening portion such that the second bearing surface bears against an opposite side of the edge of the opening to thereby clamp the pressure sensor receptacle to the edge of the opening by the receptacle body at one side and by the locking body at another side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kulmer, Stefan Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11656141
    Abstract: A pressure sensor arrangement (1) for measuring a pressure of a fluid is described, the sensor arrangement (1) comprising a connector housing (2) having a fluid opening (3) and a fluid chamber (4) in connection with the fluid opening (3), at least one pressure sensitive element (5), a membrane (9) arranged between the pressure sensitive element (5) and the fluid chamber (4), and pressure attenuation means (10). Such a pressure sensor arrangement should be able to protect the measuring membrane from high frequency pressure pulsations with low costs. To this end the pressure attenuation means (10) are arranged in the fluid chamber (4) in direct contact with the membrane (9) separating the membrane (9) from the fluid in the fluid chamber and comprise a homogenous incompressible material having a mechanical loss factor of 0.1 or higher at frequencies of 200 Hz or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventor: Mohamed Benslimane
  • Patent number: 11633113
    Abstract: An optical connector including a first optical fiber having a first diameter and having a core that includes a thermally expanded core portion adjacent a first end of the first optical fiber, a second optical fiber spliced to a second end of the first optical fiber, the second optical fiber having a second diameter less than the first diameter, and a connector bore having a first bore portion configured to receive the first end of the first optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Phyzhon Health Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Eberle, Diana Margaret Tasker, Howard Neil Rourke
  • Patent number: 11525439
    Abstract: An actuating and sensing module is disclosed and includes a bottom plate, terminals, a control chip, a partition plate, a gas pressure sensor, a thin gas transportation device and a cover plate. The bottom plate includes terminal grooves, a recess, a gas outlet and a gas relief aperture. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves. The control chip is disposed in the recess. The partition plate is stacked on the bottom plate and includes an outlet opening in communication with the gas outlet and a pressure relief orifice corresponding to the gas relief aperture. The thin gas transportation device seals the gas outlet and the pressure relief orifice. The cover plate includes an opening passed through by the thin gas transportation device. The gas is transported to the outlet opening by the thin gas transportation device and sensed by the gas pressure sensor disposed in the outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Hung-Hsin Liao, Chung-Wei Kao, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Chang-Yen Tsai, Yang Ku
  • Patent number: 11493376
    Abstract: A level indicator with a cover that measures a water level, includes: a water level indicator that measures pressure; and a protective cover that surrounds the water level indicator. The protective cover includes a pressure transmitter that transmits pressure on an outside of the protective cover to an inside of the protective cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Arai, Yusaku Yoshida, Tomoyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11447117
    Abstract: A pressure sensor for a vehicle includes a housing, in which at least one sensor unit is arranged. The at least one sensor unit determines a pressure difference between a pressure at a measurement connection point and atmospheric pressure. The at least one sensor unit senses the atmospheric pressure at at least two reference pressure bores. The disclosure further relates to a braking system for a vehicle, having at least one such pressure sensor. A sensor dewatering means comprises a connection channel, which connects the at least two reference pressure bores to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Masaya Eto
  • Patent number: 11435259
    Abstract: A pressure sensor for an evaporated fuel leak detector is used for checking airtightness in a fuel tank and a canister. The pressure sensor includes a sensor unit, a case, and a sealing resin. The sensor unit has a pressure receiving portion, a plurality of conduction terminals, and a mold resin portion. The case has a fluid flow path and a housing recess. A buffer recess having an outer shape larger than the outer shape of a pressure receiving surface is formed at a pressure receiving side L1 of the bottom of the housing recess. Further, a protruding cylinder portion protruding into the buffer recess toward a back side L2 is formed at an outer edge of an opening end portion of the fluid flow path on the back side L2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoyuu Kishi, Yasuo Katoh, Tomohiro Itoh
  • Patent number: 11415478
    Abstract: A protective housing for protecting an electronic device includes a plurality of walls defining a casing, a plurality of partitions, and at least one flow groove. One of the walls of the housing, referred to as the main wall, has an opening covered with a membrane for exposing a part of a measuring device to atmospheric pressure. The plurality of partitions are arranged on the outer surface of the main wall and separated from each other by passages. The plurality of partitions are arranged around the opening to completely surround the opening and protect the membrane. The at least one flow groove is arranged next to the opening, in order to allow liquid that may accumulate around the opening and/or against the partitions to be discharged. The present disclosure also concerns a pressure sensor, in particular, for a tank of a motor vehicle, using such a protective housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: A. RAYMOND ET CIE
    Inventors: Mansour Mbaye, Christian Schoelzel, Julien Rat, Jean-Luc Jesslen
  • Patent number: 11346738
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a pressure detection element; a substrate on which the pressure detection element is mounted; and a cap in a tubular shape, the cap being attached to the attachment surface of the substrate with an adhesive, the attachment surface enclosing the periphery of the pressure detection element. An attracting concave part is in the end face of the cap, the end face facing the attachment surface, so as to have an inclined surface the distance of which from the attachment surface is increased in a direction from the outer circumferential surface of the cap toward its inner circumferential surface. Part of the adhesive is embedded in the interior of the attracting concave part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Okawa, Hisayuki Yazawa
  • Patent number: 11248936
    Abstract: An industrial process transmitter includes a main housing, a sensor body, and a flange member. The main housing contains transmitter circuitry and includes a first threaded portion. The sensor body includes a process sensor and a second threaded portion in threaded engagement with the first threaded portion. One of the first and second threaded portions includes a threaded cylindrical projection, and the other includes a threaded cylindrical bore. The flange member is received within a groove of the projection. Movement of the sensor body relative to the housing along an axis of the bore is restricted to an axial distance through engagement between the flange and the first or second threaded portion that includes the threaded cylindrical bore, and engagement between the main housing and the sensor body. Rotation of the sensor body relative to the housing about the axis is limited by the axial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Fang Chen
  • Patent number: 11237069
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor for determining a differential pressure value, comprising: a differential pressure measuring transducer having a measuring membrane; a membrane seal having a membrane seal body including a pressure chamber filled with a transmission fluid in which a filling body having a recess is arranged, wherein the differential pressure measuring transducer arranged in the recess, wherein a first pressure is applied to the differential pressure measuring transducer on a first measuring membrane side and a second pressure is applied to a second measuring membrane side such that deformation of the measuring membrane represents a differential pressure value between the first pressure and the second pressure, wherein a piezoelectric layer for determining an absolute pressure value of the first pressure is provided inside the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventor: Patrick Doria
  • Patent number: 11203169
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), wherein fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity comprising a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining an outer surface of the object, is described. One or more pressure sensors are connected to resin inlets of the VARTM system. A control unit is used for controlling a polymer supply unit based on measured resin pressure and is adapted to adjusting a resin flow rate, if pressure measured by the pressure sensors is below a lower threshold level or above a higher threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: LM WP PATENT HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Poul Erik Hansen, Harsha Tummala
  • Patent number: 11148336
    Abstract: A sensing module includes a hollow body, a first photo sensor, and a second photo sensor. The hollow body includes a cavity portion and an insertion portion connected to each other. The insertion portion has a first channel and a second channel. The first photo sensor is disposed in the cavity portion of the hollow body and corresponds to the first channel to sense an ambient temperature and a test object temperature. The second photo sensor is disposed in the cavity portion of the hollow body and corresponds to the second channel to sense the ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Meng-Chiao Tsai, Feng-Chia Hsu, Chung-Yuan Su, Peng-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 11137307
    Abstract: A sensor chip (24) is joined to an inner wall surface (20a) of a base body (21-1), with a lower surface (24a) of a first retaining member (24-2) serving as a joint surface, in such a manner as to allow an enclosing chamber (23) (including a pressure receiving chamber (23-1) and a pressure guiding passage (23-2)) between a pressure receiving diaphragm (22) and the joint surface (24a) of the sensor chip (24) to communicate with a pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2). In this state, a narrow tube (31) made of stainless steel is passed through the pressure guiding passage (23-2) in the base body (21-1) and inserted and secured in the pressure guiding hole (24-2b) in the first retaining member (24-2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AZBIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Tushima, Yoshiyuki Ishikura, Tomohisa Tokuda, Nozomi Kida, Yuki Seto
  • Patent number: 11022513
    Abstract: A pressure measuring device comprises a capacitive pressure measuring cell, a process connector including a retaining element, a housing mounted on the process connector, and a sealing element arranged between an inwardly projecting region of the retaining element and the pressure measuring cell. The retaining element is configured with a cap with a base area portion and an outer area portion bent over with respect thereto and fitted over an end face of the process connector. The retaining element is in a material-bonded and/or form-fit manner connected to the process connector exclusively in the bent-over outer area portion so that the base area portion assumes a resilient property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Guido Knoll, Hans-Peter Müller, Lorenz Halbinger
  • Patent number: 11009419
    Abstract: A pressure gauge flange assembly for connection to pressure equipment and a pressure gauge. The pressure gauge flange assembly has a flange housing with a flange at a lower portion that connects to pressure equipment such as a BOP. Within the flange housing a chamber is provided that is separated into two chambers by a piston. The piston is moveable to balance pressure in the two chambers. Fluid from the pressure equipment may be dirty. On the other side of the piston, clean fluid is provided so that any dirty hydraulic fluid from the pressure equipment does not impair operation of the pressure gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Anand Kalimuthu, Avninder Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 10948371
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method for manufacturing a pressure transmitter system, comprising steps as follows: providing a capillary adapter and a pressure transmitter, which has at least one diaphragm platform and an isolating diaphragm, which is connected along at least one edge gas-tightly with the diaphragm platform to form a pressure chamber between the isolating diaphragm and the diaphragm platform; welding the capillary adapter to the pressure transmitter; arranging the capillary tube and a capillary tube interface of the capillary adapter relative to one another; welding the capillary tube to the capillary adapter; and plugging a protective hose onto a protective hose seat of the capillary adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Andreas Schlachter, Stefan Kropf, Dietmar Leuthner, Markus Berger
  • Patent number: 10794787
    Abstract: A diaphragm seal assembly, which includes a measuring instrument, a pressure being transmitted from a process side to be monitored, via an arrangement of two diaphragms having an evacuated intermediate space disposed therebetween, to the measuring instrument, reliably separated from the process side, the fatigue strength of the diaphragm seal assembly under extreme application conditions being improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Zipp, Udo Rosenberger, Torsten Pauling, Heiko Kern, Albrecht Kalisch, Udo Hoerning
  • Patent number: 10788388
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensor that uses a sensor chip as a pressure measurement element and can suppress condensation around the sensor chip of water vapor permeating a protective member from a gas to be measured. The pressure sensor includes a pressure measurement chamber into which a gas to be measured is introduced; a sensor chip that faces the pressure measurement chamber; a sensor support that has a support surface supporting the sensor chip; and a protective member that covers the sensor chip. The pressure sensor also includes a heat insulation chamber that faces a back surface opposite to the support surface of the sensor support; and a gas passage that communicates the heat insulation chamber and the pressure measurement chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Soshino
  • Patent number: 10775252
    Abstract: A medical liquid-pressure-detecting device capable of detecting both the negative and positive pressure of liquid, whereby the misconnection of the device to a liquid flow route can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeaki Funamura, Hiroaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10737077
    Abstract: A method of limiting an inflation system pressure for dilating a region of a patient's nasal sinus passageways. The method includes grasping an inflation device. The inflation device includes a syringe including a plunger slidably disposed within a barrel, a connector for fluidly connecting an outlet of the syringe with a surgical instrument balloon, and a mechanical pressure indicator associated with the syringe, the mechanical pressure indicator including a housing and an indicator body disposed within the housing. The method also includes delivering the surgical instrument balloon to a patient's paranasal sinus target area, operating the plunger within the barrel of the syringe to deliver pressurized fluid to the surgical instrument balloon, and transitioning the indicator body to extend outside of the housing when a predetermined inflation pressure of the surgical instrument balloon is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronix Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjeng Li, David J. Little
  • Patent number: 10739221
    Abstract: A water detecting pressure-sensing device includes a metal housing including a cavity. A pressure sensor is disposed on a die and configured to generate a signal in response to a pressure variation. A protection medium at least partially fills the cavity and covers the die. One or more electrodes are disposed on the die and are used to detect a presence of a water droplet on the protection medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ashwin Balasubramanian, William Scott Lee
  • Patent number: 10656039
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor body, a sensor configured to measure differential pressure, and first and second pressure inputs in or on the sensor body. The pressure inputs are configured to provide multiple input pressures to the sensor. Each pressure input includes a barrier diaphragm configured to move in response to pressure and an overload diaphragm configured to limit movement of the barrier diaphragm. The overload diaphragm is also configured to exert a preload force against the sensor body. The overload diaphragm of each pressure input may include multiple convolutions. Bases of the convolutions may be configured to provide the preload force, and tops of the convolutions may be separated from the sensor body by gaps. Tops of the convolutions that are non-adjacent may be configured to provide the preload force, and tops of the convolutions between the non-adjacent convolutions may be separated from the sensor body by gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: George Hershey, Richard D. Daugert
  • Patent number: 10627302
    Abstract: A differential pressure sensor module includes a base having a pair of process fluid pressure inlets and defining a sensor chamber having a sensor chamber inlet. A differential pressure sensor is disposed within the sensor chamber and has an inlet configured to receive a first pressure and provide a signal indicative of a difference between the first pressure and a sensor chamber pressure external to the differential pressure sensor within the sensor chamber. A pair of isolation diaphragms are provided in substantially the same plane, with each isolation diaphragm sealing a respective process fluid pressure inlet. A first fluid passageway is operably coupled to one of the isolation diaphragms and the inlet of the differential pressure sensor. A second fluid passageway is operably coupled to the other of the isolation diaphragms and to the sensor chamber inlet. An overpressure protection feature is operably coupled to the sensor chamber, the first fluid passageway and the second fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Strei, Mark G. Romo
  • Patent number: 10591377
    Abstract: A pressure transfer module for transfer of pressures less equals 100 mbar, and suitable for high temperature applications, comprising an isolating diaphragm outwardly sealing a first pressure chamber; a transfer diaphragm outwardly sealing a second pressure chamber; and a pressure transfer path connecting the first pressure chamber with the second pressure chamber. The first and the second pressure chambers and the pressure transfer path are filled with a pressure transfer liquid, via which a pressure acting externally on the isolating diaphragm is transmitted to the transfer diaphragm. The pressure transfer liquid is under a pre-pressure, especially a pre-pressure of greater than or equal to 30 mbar, especially greater than or equal to 50 mbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Dieter Funken, Igor Getman, Sergej Lopatin
  • Patent number: 10571352
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a relievable safety press gauge. The relievable safety press gauge comprises a fixed mount comprising a rotation body and a crimped edge provided at an edge of lower end of the body, a base provided at a bottom of the fixed mount, and an edge of upper end of the base wrapped and fixed by the crimped edge, and a membrane, an edge of which is located between an edge of lower end of the body and the edge of upper end of the base; further comprising an O-ring made of rubber or silicone provided between an edge of the membrane and the edge of upper end of the base, and the crimped edge is provided with a hollow-out pressure release gap, a first release clearance is provided between the edge of upper end of the base and the edge of the membrane, while a second release clearance is provided between the edge of upper end of the base and the crimped edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Zhejiang Fumao Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changqing Huang
  • Patent number: 10533669
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are provided for controlling fluid flow in a pressure sensing system. A bi-directional valve can include a first capillary that can couple to a process fluid in a process fluid channel, and a second capillary that can couple to a pressure sensor. The first and second capillaries can include an interface therebetween for controlling fluid flow between the first and second capillaries. The interface region can be configured to allow fluid flow between the first and second capillaries when a magnitude of a pressure difference between the first capillary and the second capillary is less than or equal to a threshold pressure. The interface region can also be configured to prevent fluid flow between the first capillary and the second capillary when the magnitude of the pressure difference between the first capillary and the second capillary exceeds than the threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
    Inventors: Bjørn Erik Seeberg, Paal Martin Vagle
  • Patent number: 10515783
    Abstract: A charge volume configuration for use in delivery of gas to a reactor for processing semiconductor wafers is provided. A charge volume includes a chamber that extends between a proximal end and a distal end. A base connected to the proximal end of the chamber, and the base includes an inlet port and an outlet port. A tube is disposed within the chamber. The tube has a tube diameter that is less than a chamber diameter. The tube has a connection end coupled to the inlet port at the proximal end of the chamber and an output end disposed at the distal end of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Karl Leeser
  • Patent number: 10458328
    Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor has a case member with a joint surface on the side of a tip end and in which an opening portion is provided. A joint surface of a pressure reception member on which a combustion pressure acts is brought into planar contact with the joint surface of the case member so as to block the opening portion. A welding portion joins the joint surfaces to each other. A piezoelectric element stored in the case member converts a pressing force based on the combustion pressure transmitted from the pressure reception member into a signal. On the side of one edge side in at least the one joint surface, the one joint surface is limited to a given depth of welding from the other edge side. A predetermined clearance portion is provided so as to form a predetermined gap with the opposite joint surface and a welding portion is provided which includes at least all the limited joint surface from the other edge side in the one joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: CITIZEN FINEDEVICE CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Yoshihiko Soga
  • Patent number: 10378987
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor body and a sensor configured to measure pressure. The apparatus also includes at least one pressure input in or on the sensor body, where the at least one pressure input is configured to provide at least one input pressure to the sensor. The apparatus further includes multiple fluid passages configured to convey the at least one input pressure from the at least one pressure input to the sensor using a fill fluid. The multiple fluid passages are configured to both (i) transport the fill fluid and (ii) absorb thermal energy in a flame created by the sensor before the flame exits the sensor body. The fluid passages can include long and narrow straight passages, long and narrow curved or helical passages, and turns or bends. The fluid passages can have small cross-sections relative to their lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: George Hershey, Richard D. Daugert, Ronald E. Beselt
  • Patent number: 10378984
    Abstract: A process pressure transmitter system includes a process pressure transmitter housing and a process pressure sensor in the process pressure transmitter housing. A metal flange is configured to mount to a process vessel which carries a process fluid. An isolation diaphragm attaches to the metal flange and is exposed to the process fluid through an opening in the process vessel. The isolation diaphragm comprises a polymer diaphragm bonded to a metal face of the metal flange. A capillary passageway carries a fill fluid from the isolation diaphragm to thereby convey a process pressure to the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.
    Inventor: Baogang Li
  • Patent number: 10345178
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a header containing a sensor configured to measure pressure and a sensor body connected to the header, where the sensor body and the header form a pressure vessel configured to receive an input pressure. The header is connected to the sensor body such that the input pressure received on an inner surface of the header is substantially equal to the input pressure received on an outer surface of the header. A lowest connection point of the header to the sensor body may be located at or above a highest point at which the input pressure extends into the header. A lower portion of the header may be unconnected to the sensor body and extend into an interior volume of the sensor body. The header may include a vent configured to expose the sensor to atmospheric pressure or a lower-pressure input pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: George Hershey, Richard D. Daugert
  • Patent number: 10330552
    Abstract: In aspects of the invention, a sensor unit is stored in a recessed sensor mount portion formed in a resin case. The sensor unit can be formed so that a semiconductor pressure sensor chip is joined to one side of a glass pedestal, and the other side of the glass pedestal is die-bonded to the bottom of the sensor mount portion through an adhesive. An electrode pad on the semiconductor pressure sensor chip is electrically connected through a bonding wire to a lead terminal for leading externally that pierces through the resin case and is integrally insert-molded therein. An entire surface of the sensor unit, an exposed part of the lead terminal internally-located in the resin case, the bonding wire, and an exposed part of an inner wall of the resin case can be coated with the protective film composed of a poly(p-xylylene)-family polymer including fluorine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Uematsu
  • Patent number: 10281350
    Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a bearing region and a frame which is spatially separated from the bearing region, wherein a sensing element of the pressure sensor is produced on the bearing region. When the aforementioned pressure sensor is mounted on a package substrate, the stress from the package substrate or a circuit board can be isolated by a space between the bearing region and the frame to avoid unexpected deformation on the sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MIRAMEMS SENSING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li-Tien Tseng
  • Patent number: 10281352
    Abstract: A diaphragm seal for transmitting media pressure, comprising: a diaphragm-carrier body having a media-side surface and a separating diaphragm, which is connected to the diaphragm-carrier body in a pressure-tight manner along at least one periphery. A pressure chamber is formed between the separating diaphragm and the diaphragm-carrier body, and a temperature-isolation body having a channel, which can be filled with a transmission fluid, in order for the pressure chamber of the diaphragm-carrier body attached to a first front side to be connected to a pressure transducer which can be connected to a second front side, so that media pressure prevailing at the separating diaphragm can be transmitted to the pressure transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Raimund Becher, Dietmar Salg
  • Patent number: 10254187
    Abstract: A waterproof pressure sensor includes a pressure detection element, a cavity package configured to be provided with a recess in which the pressure detection element is mounted and an edge provided around the recess, a frame configured to be attached to the edge of the cavity package and has a surface more smoothed than the edge and an opening, a contact prevention member configured to be attached to the frame, and a pressure introducing hole having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the opening at a position overlapping the opening, and a gel agent configured to be provided in the recess and the opening, in which the gel agent is provided to be separated from an edge of the pressure introducing hole on the frame side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Okawa, Eiji Umetsu, Hideki Kamimura
  • Patent number: 10247632
    Abstract: A pressure sensor can include a housing having a sense side cavity formed on a first side of the housing; a sense side diaphragm attached to the first side and over the sense side cavity, a sense die assembly placed in the cavity and attached to the housing; a reference side cavity formed in the housing, a reference side diaphragm attached to a second side of the housing and over the reference side cavity, and pin(s) electrically connected to the sense die assembly and extending outside the housing from the second side. The cavities are filled with oil. Manufacturing the pressure sensor can include mounting the sense die assembly onto the housing, attaching the sense side diaphragm to the first side of the housing, filling the cavities with oil, and attaching the reference side diaphragm on the second side of the housing and over the reference side cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International
    Inventors: Ryan Jones, Alistair David Bradley, Todd Eckhardt