Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System of ultrasonic consumption meters with pressure sensors
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Application No.: US15320671Application Date: 2015-06-19
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Publication No.: US09970799B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Søren Tønnes Nielsen , Peter Schmidt Laursen , Jens Lykke Sørennsen
- 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: EP14173203 20140620
- International Application: PCT/DK2015/050174 WO 20150619
- International Announcement: WO2015/192857 WO 20151223
- Main IPC: G01B7/16
- IPC: G01B7/16 ; G01F1/66 ; G01L1/16 ; G01L5/04 ; G01L1/22

Abstract:
A system of a plurality of ultrasonic consumption meters 100 each arranged in a utility network 1 for measuring consumption data of a utility in terms of a supplied fluid, the utility network 1 further comprising a data collector 2 for collecting the consumption data is provided, wherein: Each of the ultrasonic consumption meters 100 are arranged to measure a flow rate of the supplied fluid and a pressure of the supplied fluid, the consumption meters 100 comprising: A flow tube 110 with a through-going opening 112 for passage of a fluid between an inlet and an outlet, the flow tube having a wall with an outer surface 114; two ultrasonic transducers 120, 122 arranged at the outer surface 114 of the flow tube 110, so that ultrasonic signals are transmitted through the wall; a control circuit 30 arranged for operating the two ultrasonic transducers 120, 122 and to generate a signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid; and a communication module 140 connected to the control circuit 130 and arranged for communicating the signal indicative of the flow rate of the fluid to the data collector 2; wherein the control circuit 130 is arranged for operating a first strain gauge 150 arranged at the outer surface 114 of the flow tube 110 to generate a signal indicative of the pressure of the fluid, and 1 wherein the communication module 140 is arranged for communicating the signal indicative of the pressure of the fluid to the data collector 2. The consumption meters 100 of the system are capable of obtaining and communicating data relating to flow and pressure in a utility network to an operator of the network for proper operation of the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170153137A1 SYSTEM OF ULTRASONIC CONSUMPTION METERS WITH PRESSURE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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