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US 10,309,853 B2Granted
Climate control pressure plug with sensor
AssigneeTrensor, LLC
InventorsScott C. Gilman, Steven D. Gilman, Jingxun Zhou, James Resutek
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Abstract
A sensor-plug for insertion into a drier bottle of an automotive condenser. The sensor-plug is a unitary piece and positioned within the drier bottle to eliminate the use of a separate sensor on the opposite side of the condenser.
Claims13
A condenser plug for sensing pressure within a condenser tube comprising:
- a first housing portion having a first end and a second end, the first housing portion having a cavity on its first end that contains an electrical terminal pin connector having pin terminals, the first housing portion adapted to accommodate a pressure sensor;
- the pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube, the pressure sensor is operably connected to the terminal pins of the first housing portion;
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- a second housing portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second housing portion adapted to mate to the second end of the first housing portion wherein the first housing portion includes at least one groove on an outer surface of the first housing portion to accommodate a gasket to secure the first housing portion to the condenser tube;
- and the second end of the second housing portion having a socket to connect with the condenser tube, and when the second end of the condenser plug is connected a pressure sensing channel is created to communicate with the pressure within the condenser to the pressure sensor and the data from the pressure sensor is transmitted to the pin terminals.
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A condenser plug for a condenser tube comprising:
- a first housing portion having a first end and a second end, the first housing portion having a cavity on its first end that contains an electrical terminal pin connector having pin terminals, the first housing portion adapted to accommodate a pressure sensor, the first housing portion also having threads on the outside surface for threaded connection of the condenser plug to the condenser tube;
- the pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube, the pressure sensor is operably connected to the terminal pins of the first housing portion;
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- a second housing portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second housing portion adapted to mate to the second end of the first housing portion wherein the first housing portion includes at least one groove on an outer surface of the first housing portion to accommodate a gasket to secure the first housing portion to the condenser tube;
- and the second end of the second housing portion having a socket to connect with the condenser tube, and when the second end of the condenser plug is connected a pressure sensing channel is created to communicate with the pressure within the condenser to the pressure sensor and the data from the pressure sensor is transmitted to the pin terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.