Measuring instrument with connecting coupling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9702740-B2
Application number	US-201615089044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2016
Priority date	Apr 17, 2015
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A measuring instrument includes at least a measuring element and a sealing fitting having a two-part design that provides structural improvements with regard to permanent tightness and in service conditions under vibration and temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measuring instrument for measuring pressure or temperature of a fluid for continuous service, the measuring instrument comprising:
a housing;
a measuring element disposed within the housing; and
a pressure fitting disposed on an outside of the housing,
wherein the measuring element is connected to the pressure fitting to form a seal;
wherein the pressure fitting has a thread section configured as an external thread,
wherein the pressure fitting has a two-part design,
wherein the pressure fitting comprises a housing-side section and a coupling part that is adapted to be detachably mounted on the housing-side section in an axial orientation,
wherein the thread section of the pressure fitting is formed by a first thread section, which is provided on an outer circumference of the housing-side section, and a second thread section, which is provided on an outer circumference of the coupling part, and
wherein the first thread section and the second thread section align in a serial manner along an axial length of the pressure fitting, such that the first thread section and the second thread section form a continuous external thread of the pressure fitting.

2. The measuring instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling part is axially attachable to the housing-side section, and wherein the first thread section and the second thread section axially abut each other.

3. The measuring instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure fitting is adapted to be screwed to form a seal into an inner thread section of a seal opening of an application component via the first thread section and the second thread section.

4. The measuring instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling part includes an axially extending neck, which is insertable in a centered manner into a central opening of the housing-side section.

5. The measuring instrument according to claim 4 , wherein the neck has a channel, which forms a fluid connection between an axial end section of the neck and an end region of the coupling part opposite the neck.

6. The measuring instrument according to claim 4 , wherein a first sealing element is provided between an outer circumference of the neck and the inner circumference of the central opening, the first sealing element permitting an axial and rotational relative movement between the neck and the central opening.

7. The measuring instrument according to claim 4 , wherein a seal arrangement is provided in an end region of the coupling part, which is situated axially opposite the neck, for forming a seal between the coupling part and a seal opening of an application component.

8. The measuring instrument according to claim 7 , wherein the seal arrangement has an axial indentation in the end region of the coupling part as well as a second sealing element, which is insertable therein and which may be compressed against a sealing surface in the seal opening of the application component.

9. The measuring instrument according to claim 8 , wherein the axial indentation is limited, at least in sections, by a stop element, which may be brought into contact against the sealing surface of the seal opening in the application component for the purpose of limiting the compression of the second sealing element.

10. The measuring instrument according to claim 6 , wherein the first sealing element is captively molded onto the coupling part.

11. The measuring instrument according to claim 4 , wherein a tool engagement device is provided on an axial free end of the neck, with the aid of which a torque is applied to the coupling part.

12. The measuring instrument according to claim 1 , wherein a tool engagement device is provided on the housing-side section of the pressure fitting for applying a torque to the housing-side section of the pressure fitting.

13. A measuring instrument for measuring pressure or temperature of a fluid for continuous service, the measuring instrument comprising:
a housing;
a measuring element disposed within the housing; and
a pressure fitting disposed on an outside of the housing,
wherein the measuring element is connected to the pressure fitting to form a seal;
wherein the pressure fitting has a thread section configured as an external thread,
wherein the pressure fitting has a two-part design, and
wherein the pressure fitting comprises a housing-side section and a coupling part that is adapted to be detachably mounted on the housing-side section in an axial orientation,
the measuring instrument further comprising a torque transmitting device for transmitting a torque from the housing-side section of the pressure fitting to the coupling part in the presence of a predetermined relative position between the housing-side section of the pressure fitting and the coupling part.

14. The measuring device according to claim 13 , wherein the torque transmitting device includes a housing-side engaging element and a coupling part-side engaging element, which come into engagement when the coupling part is inserted into the housing-side section while the pressure fitting is being screwed in, so that a joint rotation of the housing-side section and the coupling part is forced.

15. A measuring instrument for measuring pressure or temperature of a fluid for continuous service, the measuring instrument comprising:
a housing;
a measuring element disposed within the housing; and
a pressure fitting disposed on an outside of the housing,
wherein the measuring element is connected to the pressure fitting to form a seal;
wherein the pressure fitting has a thread section configured as an external thread,
wherein the pressure fitting has a two-part design,
wherein the pressure fitting comprises a housing-side section and a coupling part that is adapted to be detachably mounted on the housing-side section in an axial orientation, and
wherein the housing-side section is rotatable relative to the coupling part against the screw-in direction, in the state in which the pressure fitting is screwed into a seal opening of an application component.

16. The measuring instrument according claim 14 , wherein an axial overlapping of the housing-side engaging element and the coupling part-side engaging element in the engagement state is not greater than the incline of the thread section.

17. The measuring instrument according to claim 8 , wherein the second sealing element is captively molded onto the coupling part.

18. The measuring instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the entire pressure fitting is disposed on the outside of the housing.

19. The measuring instrument according to claim 3 , wherein the inner thread section of the application component is screwed onto threads of both of the first thread section and the second thread section of the pressure fitting.

Assignees

• Wika Alexander Wiegand Se & Co Kg

Inventors

• Breunig Christoph
• Di Marco Mirko
• Doerig Thomas
• Fersch Tanja

Classifications

• G01L19/14

  Housings {(G01L19/0007, G01L19/0084, G01L19/0092, G01L19/04, G01L19/06 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G01L19/003 Primary

  using a detachable interface or adapter between the process medium and the pressure gauge · CPC title

• G01K1/08

  Protective devices, e.g. casings · CPC title

• F16L15/08

  with supplementary elements (F16L15/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16L15/04 Primary

  with additional sealings · CPC title