Vibration sensor with bonded drive

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9851244-B2
Application number	US-201514603461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2015
Priority date	Feb 4, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

Vibration sensor comprising a membrane, which can be excited to vibrate by means of a drive, wherein the drive has at least one piezo actuator, which is designed so as to be bonded with the membrane, wherein the membrane has at least one centering device that is designed to be suitable for orienting and keeping the drive centered relative to the membrane.

First claim

I claim:

1. A vibration sensor comprising a membrane, which is excited to vibrate by means of a drive, wherein the drive has at least one piezo actuator and at least one adaptor ceramic element, and is designed to be bonded with the membrane, wherein the membrane has at least one centering device that is designed so as to be suitable for centering the drive relative to the membrane, wherein one or more of the membrane, the adaptor ceramic element and the piezo actuator have a surface structure that is configured so as to be suitable to promote the spread of the adhesive between the membrane and the adaptor ceramic element or between the adaptor ceramic element and the piezo actuator.

2. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the centering device is designed as a centering dome, which is arranged in a centered manner on the membrane, in the form of a sleeve.

3. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the centering device is designed as a supply device for an adhesive for bonding the drive and the membrane.

4. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the centering device is designed as a hollow cylinder.

5. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the hollow cylinder has at least one opening in a radial direction, preferably slotted in a longitudinal direction.

6. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein an adaptor ceramic element is arranged between the membrane and the piezo actuator of the drive.

7. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the surface structure is designed as a depression that is introduced into the membrane and the adaptor ceramic element, the piezo actuator or both the adaptor ceramic element and piezo actuator.

8. The vibration sensor of claim 7 , wherein a depression is designed as at least one groove that is introduced into the surface of the membrane and the adaptor ceramic element or the piezo actuator and that is designed to extend in essence in the radial direction.

9. The vibration sensor of claim 8 , wherein the surface structure is designed as an elevation.

10. The vibration sensor of claim 9 , wherein the elevation is designed as at least one web that is affixed on a surface of the membrane and the adaptor ceramic element, the piezo actuator or both the adaptor ceramic element and the piezo actuator.

11. The vibration sensor of claim 10 , wherein the web is designed to extend preferably in the circumferential direction and is arranged on an outer periphery of the membrane, the adaptor ceramic element or the piezo actuator.

12. The vibration sensor of claim 9 , wherein the elevation is produced by means of a printing process.

13. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the surface structure has a height of 5 to 30 μm.

14. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , further comprising wherein a surface of the membrane that faces the drive is designed so as to be concave.

15. The vibration sensor of claim 1 , wherein the centering device and the drive have outer and/or inner contours that are designed so as to correspond to one another and that enable an arrangement of the drive relative to the membrane in a predefined orientation.

16. A production method for a vibration sensor comprising a membrane that is excited to vibrate by means of a drive, wherein the drive and the membrane are bonded to one another, and the drive has at least one piezo actuator, said production method comprising the steps:
arranging in a centered manner the drive on the membrane,
introducing an adhesive into a space, adjacent to the drive and the membrane, whereby the adhesive is distributed between these elements due to a capillary action, and
curing the adhesive.

17. The production method of claim 16 , wherein the drive consists of at least one adaptor ceramic element and at least one piezo actuator, said method comprising the steps:
arranging in a centered manner the adaptor ceramic element on the membrane,
arranging in a centered manner the piezo actuator on the adaptor ceramic element,
introducing an adhesive into a space, adjacent to the membrane, the adaptor ceramic element and the piezo actuator, whereby the adhesive is distributed between these elements due to a capillary action; and
curing the adhesive.

18. The production method of claim 16 , wherein the adhesive is introduced into a centering dome, which is designed essentially in the form of a hollow cylinder and is longitudinally slotted and which keeps the drive centered.

Assignees

• Grieshaber Vega Kg

Inventors

• Gruhler Holger

Classifications

• G01F23/2966

  making use of acoustical resonance or standing waves · CPC title

• G01H11/08 Primary

  using piezoelectric devices · CPC title

• G01H3/06

  by electric means · CPC title

• G01F23/2967 Primary

  for discrete levels · CPC title