Isolator system for a pressure transmitter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9588003-B2
Application number	US-201314037767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2013
Priority date	Sep 26, 2013
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

An isolator system for a pressure transmitter includes a port internal to the transmitter, a sensor tube, and a fill tube. The sensor tube is connected to the port to fluidly connect a passageway through a transmitter body to a pressure sensor. The sensor tube includes a first end disposed in the port. The first end has a first cross-sectional area. The fill tube is internal to the transmitter and connected to the port to fluidly connect to the passageway. The fill tube includes a second end disposed in the port. The second end of the fill tube has a second cross-sectional area that is less than the first cross-sectional area of the sensor tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An isolator system for a pressure transmitter, the system comprising:
a port internal to the transmitter;
a sensor tube connected to the port to fluidly connect a passageway through a transmitter body to a pressure sensor, the sensor tube including a first end disposed in the port, the first end having a first cross-sectional area, said first cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor tube; and
a fill tube internal to the transmitter, the fill tube connected to the port to fluidly connect to the passageway, the fill tube including a second end disposed in the port, the second end having a second cross-sectional area, said second cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fill tube, that is less than the first cross-sectional area of the sensor tube, wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 90% of a sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an isolator rim around a concavity in the transmitter body, the concavity is fluidly connected to the port internal to the transmitter through the passageway;
an isolator diaphragm including a diaphragm rim sealed to the isolator rim; and
isolator liquid filling the sensor tube, the fill tube, the passageway, and the concavity between the isolator diaphragm and the transmitter body; the fill tube adapted to seal the isolator liquid within the transmitter.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 80% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is approximately 67% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end have cross-sectional shapes that are at least one of a “D” shape and a half-circle shape.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end have cross-sectional shapes that are circular.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end are brazed into the port.

8. A pressure transmitter comprising:
a transmitter body including an isolator rim around a concavity that is fluidly connected to a port internal to the transmitter by way of a passageway through the transmitter body;
an isolator diaphragm including a diaphragm rim sealed to the isolator rim;
a pressure sensor fluidly connected to the passageway by a sensor tube, the sensor tube including a first end disposed in the port;
a fill tube internal to the transmitter, the fill tube fluidly connected to the passageway and adapted to seal isolator liquid within the transmitter, the fill tube including a second end disposed in the port;
isolator liquid within the sensor tube, the fill tube, the passageway, and the concavity between the isolator diaphragm and the transmitter body;
wherein the first end of the sensor tube has a first cross-sectional area, said first cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor tube, the second end of the fill tube has a second cross-sectional area, said second cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fill tube, and the first cross-sectional area is greater than the second cross-sectional area, and wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 90% of a sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

9. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 80% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

10. The transmitter of claim 9 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is approximately 67% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

11. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the first end and the second end have cross-sectional shapes that are at least one of a “D” shape and a half-circle shape.

12. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the first end and the second end are brazed into the port.

13. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the port is a raised boss.

14. The transmitter of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter is a differential pressure transmitter and the pressure sensor is a differential pressure sensor including a second sensor tube and a second fill tube.

15. An isolator system for a pressure transmitter, the system comprising:
an isolator rim around a concavity in a transmitter body, the concavity fluidly connected to a port internal to the transmitter through a passageway through the transmitter body;
an isolator diaphragm including a diaphragm rim sealed to the isolator rim;
a sensor tube fluidly connecting the passageway to a pressure sensor;
a fill tube internal to the transmitter, the fill tube fluidly connected to the passageway; and
isolator liquid filling the sensor tube, the fill tube, the passageway, and the concavity between the isolator diaphragm and the transmitter body; the fill tube adapted to seal the isolator liquid within the transmitter;
wherein the sensor tube includes a first end disposed in the port, the fill tube includes a second end disposed in the port, the first end of the sensor tube has a first cross-sectional area, said first cross-sectional area being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a sensor tube, the second end of the fill tube has a second cross-sectional area, said second cross-sectional area being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fill tube, and the first cross-sectional area is greater than the second cross-sectional area, and wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 90% of a sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first end of the sensor tube and the second end of the fill tube have cross-sectional shapes that are at least one of a “D” shape and a half-circle shape.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is between 60% and 80% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the first cross-sectional area is approximately 67% of the sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.

Assignees

• Rosemount Inc

Inventors

• Hedtke Robert C
• Petersen Eric

Classifications

• G01L19/0046 Primary

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