Pressure detecting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9739676-B2
Application number	US-201414769132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A pressure detecting device is mounted in a measurement target and instrument includes a strain inducer to which pressure of a pressure medium is applied and which generates strain in accordance with the pressure and a strain detecting element that is bonded onto a surface opposite to a pressure receiving surface of the strain inducer, in which the strain detecting element includes one or multiple central strain resistant bridges which are arranged at a central portion of the strain detecting element in a bonded surface direction, and one or multiple outer peripheral strain resistant bridges which are arranged at an outer periphery, and in which, for example, deformation of the strain detecting element caused by an external force when being screw-fixed to the measurement target instrument is obtained through the multiple strain resistant bridges. An error of detection pressure caused by the deformation in a pressure value detected through the central strain resistant bridge is corrected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pressure detecting device which is mounted in a measurement target instrument, the device comprising:
a strain inducer to which pressure of a pressure medium is applied and which generates strain in accordance with the pressure; and
a strain detecting element that is bonded onto a surface opposite to a pressure receiving surface of the strain inducer,
wherein the strain detecting element includes one or multiple central strain resistant bridges which are arranged at a central portion of the strain detecting element in a bonded surface direction, and one or multiple outer peripheral strain resistant bridges which are arranged at an outer periphery of the central strain resistant bridge, and
wherein deformation of the strain detecting element caused by an external force when being mounted in the measurement target instrument is obtained through the multiple strain resistant bridges, an error of detection pressure caused by the obtained deformation in a pressure value detected through the central strain resistant bridge is corrected, and the corrected pressure value is referred to as a detection value of the pressure detecting device.

2. The pressure detecting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein temporal degradation of the measurement target instrument is determined based on detected strain of the outer peripheral strain resistant bridge, and a fault signal is output at the time of determination of temporal degradation.

3. The pressure detecting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the outer peripheral strain resistant bridge includes the strain resistant bridges which are arranged on four corners of the strain detecting element, and temporal degradation of the measurement target instrument and deterioration and damage of the strain detecting element are determined based on the detected strain of the strain resistant bridges on the four corners.

4. The pressure detecting device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the outer peripheral strain resistant bridge includes the multiple strain resistant bridges which are linearly arranged in the strain detecting element in an outer circumferential direction and determine temporal degradation progressing from the outer circumferential direction.

5. The pressure detecting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the central strain resistant bridge is arranged at a position corresponding to a site in the strain detecting element receiving first pressure which is applied from the pressure medium,
wherein the outer peripheral strain resistant bridge is arranged at a position corresponding to a site in the strain detecting element receiving second pressure which is lower than the first pressure, and
wherein the fault signal is output when a detection pressure value of the central strain resistant bridge becomes smaller than a detection pressure value of the outer peripheral strain resistant bridge.

6. The pressure detecting device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the central strain resistant bridge is arranged at a substantially central portion of the strain detecting element.

7. A pressure detecting device which is mounted in a measurement target instrument, the device comprising:
a strain inducer to which pressure of a pressure medium is applied and which generates strain in accordance with the pressure; and
a strain detecting element that is bonded onto a surface opposite to a pressure receiving surface of the strain inducer,
wherein the strain detecting element includes one or multiple first strain resistant bridges which are arranged at positions corresponding to sites receiving a first pressure applied from the pressure medium, and one or multiple second strain resistant bridges which are arranged at positions corresponding to sites receiving a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure, and
wherein a difference between a detection pressure value of the first strain resistant bridges and a detection pressure value of the second strain resistant bridges is referred to as a detection pressure value of the pressure detecting device.

8. The pressure detecting device according to claim 7 ,
wherein correlation of each detection pressure value of the first strain resistant bridge and the second strain resistant bridge and the difference therebetween is stored in advance, a fault signal is output when the correlation exceeds a specified value so as to be deviated therefrom, and the detection pressure value of the first strain resistant bridge is referred to as the detection pressure value of the pressure detecting device.

9. The pressure detecting device according to claim 7 ,
wherein an arrangement distance of the first strain resistant bridge to a peripheral edge portion of the strain detecting element nearest to the first strain resistant bridge is set so as to be equivalent to an arrangement distance of the second strain resistant bridge to a peripheral edge portion of the strain detecting element nearest to the second strain resistant bridge.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Hio Masayuki
• Igarashi Shinya
• Komatsu Shigenobu
• Onozuka Junji
• Miyajima Kentaro

Classifications

• G01L15/00

  Devices or apparatus for measuring two or more fluid pressure values simultaneously · CPC title

• G01L19/14

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

• G01L13/025

  using diaphragms · CPC title

• G01L9/0051 Primary

  using variations in ohmic resistance · CPC title

• G01L27/007

  Malfunction diagnosis, i.e. diagnosing a sensor defect · CPC title