Invention Grant
US08596140B2 Flow meter with ultrasound transducer directly connected to and fixed to measurement circuit board
有权
流量计与超声波传感器直接连接并固定在测量电路板上
- Patent Title: Flow meter with ultrasound transducer directly connected to and fixed to measurement circuit board
- Patent Title (中): 流量计与超声波传感器直接连接并固定在测量电路板上
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Application No.: US13262575Application Date: 2010-03-25
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Publication No.: US08596140B2Publication Date: 2013-12-03
- Inventor: Anders Skallebæk , Peter Schmidt Laursen , Søren Tønnes Nielsen
- Applicant: Anders Skallebæk , Peter Schmidt Laursen , Søren Tønnes Nielsen
- Applicant Address: DK Skanderborg
- Assignee: Kamstrup A/S
- Current Assignee: Kamstrup A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Skanderborg
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: EP09157174 20090402; EP09179932 20091218
- International Application: PCT/DK2010/050068 WO 20100325
- International Announcement: WO2010/112030 WO 20101007
- Main IPC: G01F1/20
- IPC: G01F1/20

Abstract:
An ultrasound flow meter unit arranged to measure a fluid flow rate with one or more ultrasound transducers (606), and a circuit board (602) with an electronic circuit arranged to operate the ultrasound transducer(s) (106, 306). The ultrasound transducer (606), e.g. in the form of a piezo-electric element, is mechanically fixed to the circuit board (602) by a first electrically conducting fixing means which additionally serve(s) to provide an electrical connection between an electrical terminal of the transducer (606) and the electronic circuit. Hereby a functional flow measurement unit (600) is provided which can be tested prior to assembly with a flow meter housing etc. Preferably, a set of ultrasound transducers (106, 306) are soldered directly onto electrically conducting paths (631) on a surface of the circuit board (602) being in electrical connection with the electronic circuit, e.g. in a single SMT mounting process together with mounting of all other electronic components on the circuit board (602). Through-going openings (630, 640) of the circuit board (602) in the vicinity of these conducting paths (631) serve to provide thermal elasticity. A metal clip soldered to the circuit board (602) may serve to electrically connect a second electrical terminal of the transducer (606) to the electronic circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120031198A1 FLOW METER WITH ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO AND FIXED TO MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT BOARD Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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