Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic flow meter unit having a membrane and a top part forming a water-tight casing for the transducers and the circuit board
- Patent Title (中): 超声波流量计单元具有膜和顶部,形成用于换能器和电路板的防水外壳
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Application No.: US13255724Application Date: 2010-03-25
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Publication No.: US09335192B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Søren Tønnes Nielsen
- Applicant: 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: EP09157198 20090402
- International Application: PCT/DK2010/050066 WO 20100325
- International Announcement: WO2010/112029 WO 20101007
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66

Abstract:
An ultrasound flow meter unit, e.g. a unit forming part of a flow meter for ultrasonic measurement of a fluid flow. The unit comprises two ultra-sound transducers 206, a circuit board 202 with an electronic circuit 204 arranged for operating the ultrasound transducers 206, and a common protection membrane 132, such as a sheet of metal, for protecting the transducers 206. The common protection membrane 132 forms part of a water-tight casing, such as an IP68 class casing. The two ultrasound transducers 206 and the circuit board 202 with the electronic circuit 204 are positioned within the water-tight casing and thus protected against damaging humidity. A glass sealed feed-through 128 can be used to provide external electrical contact to the electronic circuit 204, i.e. for outputting an electric flow rate signal. Such flow meter unit is highly versatile within many applications since it provides a compact and robust unit. The unit can be used with or integrated in many types of devices, e.g. flow meters, such as used in consumption meters for charging purposes or in many other industrial or home applications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120006127A1 FLOW METER UNIT WITH WATER-TIGHT CASING Public/Granted day:2012-01-12
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