Sensor mount

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11118949-B2
Application number	US-201815942080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2018
Priority date	Feb 1, 2018
Publication date	Sep 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021

Abstract

According to at least one aspect, a monolithic sensor mount can include a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion can have a first diameter and the second cylindrical portion can have a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The second cylindrical portion defining a recess region to host an ultrasonic transducer. The second cylindrical portion can have an outer surface that defines a male thread to mechanically engage a female thread of a cavity within a fluid flow tube configured to host the sensor mount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monolithic sensor mount comprising:
a first solid cylindrical portion having a first diameter; and
a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the second cylindrical portion (i) defining a recess region for seating an ultrasonic transducer and (ii) having an outer surface that defines a male thread to mechanically engage a female thread of a cavity within a fluid flow tube configured to host the sensor mount, the first diameter smaller than a diameter of a portion of the cavity such that a clearance separates an outer surface of the first cylindrical portion and an inner surface of the portion of the cavity within the fluid flow tube configured to host the sensor mount, the ultrasonic transducer arranged within the recess region of the second cylindrical portion when the monolithic sensor mount is positioned in the cavity.

2. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein the recess region forms a hexagonal socket sized to match an Allen key.

3. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first cylindrical portion is larger than a depth of the cavity within the fluid flow tube configured to host the sensor mount.

4. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein an end-face surface of the first cylindrical portion is a flat circular area.

5. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein an end-face surface of the first cylindrical portion has a concave structure.

6. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein the first cylindrical portion includes a first sub-portion and a second sub-portion, the second sub-portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first sub-portion and the first sub-portion arranged between the second sub-portion and the second cylindrical portion.

7. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 , wherein a wall structure surrounding the recess region includes grooves to mechanically engage a screw driver.

8. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 7 , wherein a depth of the grooves is smaller than a difference between a depth of the recess region and a thickness of the ultrasonic transducer.

9. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 1 being made of plastic.

10. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 9 being made of polyvinylchloride (PVC).

11. The monolithic sensor mount of claim 9 being made of polysulfone (PSU).

Assignees

• Reliance Worldwide Corp

Inventors

• Mess Francis Mccarthy
• Almirall Jorge Carlos
• Hammond Michael Paul
• Rycroft Alexander Neal
• Vidanelage Thimuthu Weragoda

Classifications

• G01B11/16

  for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge · CPC title

• G01F1/662 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G10K11/004

  Mounting transducers, e.g. provided with mechanical moving or orienting device (mountings specially adapted to a particular sound-producing device, see the preceding groups G10K1/00 - G10K9/00, e.g. G10K1/26, G10K1/28, G10K9/22; arrangements of sonic watch equipment on submarines B63G8/39; buoys B63B22/00) · CPC title

• F16B31/025

  with a gauge pin in a longitudinal bore in the body of the bolt · CPC title

• F16B31/02

  for indicating {the attainment of a particular tensile load} or limiting tensile load {(apparatus for, or method of, determining value of torque or twisting moment for tightening a nut or other member similarly stressed G01L5/24)} · CPC title