Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid consumption meter with noise sensor
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Application No.: US15741567Application Date: 2016-07-04
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Publication No.: US10921288B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Søren Tønnes Nielsen , Peter Schmidt Laursen , Jens Lykke Sørensen , René Gajda Kristensen , Martin Christian Høj Petersen
- Applicant: Kamstrup A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Skanderborg
- Assignee: Kamstrup A/S
- Current Assignee: Kamstrup A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Skanderborg
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: EP15175269 20150703,EP15175270 20150703,EP15175271 20150703
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/065697 WO 20160704
- International Announcement: WO2017/005687 WO 20170112
- Main IPC: G01N29/032
- IPC: G01N29/032 ; G01D4/00 ; G01M3/24 ; G01F1/66 ; G01M3/28

Abstract:
A consumption meter, e.g. a water or heat meter, for measuring a flow rate of a fluid supplied in a flow tube. First and second ultrasonic transducers are arranged at the flow tube for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals transmitted through the fluid and operated by a flow measurement sub-circuit for generating a signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid. A noise measurement sub-circuit operates a sensor arranged at the flow tube for detection of acoustic signals of the flow tube, and being arranged to generate a signal indicative of a noise level of the flow tube accordingly. This sensor may comprise a separate transducer, or the sensor may be constituted by one or both of the first and second ultrasonic transducers. The consumption meter may communicate data representative of the noise level via a communication module along with data consumed amount of water, heat etc. Such consumer noise level measurement at the consumer site allows collection of noise level data to assist in locating fluid leakages in a fluid supply pipe system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190033261A1 FLUID CONSUMPTION METER WITH NOISE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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