公开(公告)号：US08739620B1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US12860394

申请日：2010-08-20

申请人： Mark S. Haberbusch ,  Jacob C. Ickes ,  Adam Thurn ,  Branden J. Lawless

发明人： Mark S. Haberbusch ,  Jacob C. Ickes ,  Adam Thurn ,  Branden J. Lawless

IPC分类号： G01F23/00

CPC分类号： G01F23/00

摘要： A sensor assembly includes a main body, a sensor, and a filler. The main body includes an outer surface having a continuously-variable radius of curvature in at least one portion. A sensor in thermal communication with a region of that surface having relatively low radius of curvature is disposed in the assembly recessed from the outer surface. Liquid droplets adhered to the outer surface in this region tend to migrate to a distant location having a higher radius of curvature. The main body has low thermal conductivity. The filler has a relatively higher thermal conductivity and, in embodiments, fills an opening in the outer surface of the main body, providing a thermally-conductive pathway between the sensor and the surrounding environment via the opening. A probe having a plurality of such sensors, and methods of detecting the presence of liquid and phase transitions in a predetermined space are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 传感器组件包括主体，传感器和填充物。 主体包括在至少一部分中具有连续可变的曲率半径的外表面。 与该表面的具有相对低曲率半径的区域热连通的传感器设置在从外表面凹入的组件中。 附着在该区域外表面的液滴倾向于迁移到具有较高曲率半径的远处。 主体导热系数低。 填充物具有相对较高的导热性，并且在实施例中填充主体的外表面中的开口，通过开口在传感器和周围环境之间提供导热通路。 还公开了一种具有多个这种传感器的探针，以及检测在预定空间中存在液体和相变的方法。