Sensor arrangement, sensor arrangement system and set of sensor arrangement elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10107694-B2
Application number	US-201415102290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A sensor arrangement and a set of sensor arrangement elements are disclosed. In an embodiment the sensor arrangement includes a connector piece having a first connection part; and a sensor element having a second connection part, which is connectable to the first connection part or is connected to the first connection part, wherein the sensor arrangement, in case the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, includes a plug-connection part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sensor arrangement comprising:
a connector piece comprising a first connection part, a housing having an opening, and a clearance that is continuous through the housing; and
a sensor element comprising a second connection part that is at least one of connectable to the first connection part or connected to the first connection part, wherein the first connection part and the second connection part, when connected to one another, connect the connector piece and the sensor element to one another, wherein the connector piece and the sensor element form a plug-connection part when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, wherein the sensor element is positioned within the opening of the housing of the connector piece when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, and wherein a base of the plug-connection part is a region of the sensor element when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another.

2. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein both the connector piece and the sensor element comprise regions of the plug-connection part.

3. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the plug-connection part is configured as a plug or a socket.

4. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element comprises connector contacts, wherein the plug-connection part includes the connector contacts when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another.

5. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the housing of the connector piece forms a side wall of the clearance and, when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, a collar of the plug-connection part is a region of the side wall.

6. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the connector piece comprises a coding element.

7. The sensor arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the coding element comprises at least one of a depression, an elevation, or a clearance in the connector piece.

8. The sensor arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the depression or the elevation are disposed on at least one of an internal or external side of a collar of the plug-connection part, or the clearance is a continuous clearance in the collar.

9. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein, when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, the first and second connection parts mutually engage in a form-fitting manner and are fixed in a force-fitting manner by a spring force.

10. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection part comprises a recess which receives a counterpiece of the second connection part and latches to the second connection part, or wherein the second connection part comprises a recess which receives a counterpiece of the first connection part and latches to the first connection part.

11. The sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is configured for measuring temperature.

12. A sensor arrangement system comprising a sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , and further comprising a third connection part and a fastening element having a fourth connection part which is connectable or is connected to the third connection part.

13. The sensor arrangement system according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the third connection part or the fourth connection part has resilient regions and a latching mechanism.

14. A set of sensor arrangement elements comprising:
a first connector piece comprising a first connection part and first coding features;
a second connector piece comprising a connection part and further comprising second coding features which differ from the first coding features of the first connector piece; and
a sensor element comprising a second connection part which is connectable to the first connection part of the first connector piece to connect the first connector piece and the sensor element to one another and form a first sensor arrangement having a first plug-connection part, wherein the second connection part is connectable to the third connection part of the second connector piece to connect the second connector piece and the sensor element to one another separately and form a second sensor arrangement having a second plug-connection part which differs from the first plug-connection part.

15. A sensor arrangement comprising:
a connector piece comprising a first connection part, a housing having a through recess, which has an opening; and
a sensor element comprising a second connection part which is at least one of connectable to the first connection part or connected to the first connection part, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises, when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another, a plug-connection part, and the sensor element is positioned in the opening such that a base of the plug-connection part is a region of the sensor element.

16. A sensor arrangement comprising:
a connector piece comprising a first connection part; and
a sensor element comprising a second connection part that is at least one of connectable to the first connection part or connected to the first connection part, wherein the first connection part and the second connection part, when connected to one another, connect the connector piece and the sensor element to one another, wherein the connector piece and the sensor element form a plug-connection part when the connector piece and the sensor element are connected to one another;
wherein at least one of the first connection part or the second connection part comprises a recess that receives a counterpiece of, and latches to, an other one of the first connection part or the second connection part.

Assignees

• Epcos Ag

Inventors

• Bard Oliver
• Grundmann Wolfgang

Classifications

• G01D11/245 Primary

  Housings for sensors · CPC title

• G01K1/14 Primary

  Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations · CPC title