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US 10,976,292 B2Granted
Self-contained sensor module for hazardous locations
AssigneeRosemount Inc.
InventorsRyan T. Lindsey, Glen R. Edwards, Randon W. Beuc, Michael G. Schwartz
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Abstract
A sensor module includes a sensor module body, a sensing element within the sensor module body that senses a characteristic of an environment, a breathing element within the sensor module body that allows the sensing element to access the environment, electronics within the sensor module body coupled to the sensing element, and wherein the sensor module body forms a wall of a flame path.
Claims21
A sensor module comprising:
- a sensor module housing;
- a sensing element within the sensor module housing that senses a characteristic of an environment;
- a breathing element fixedly disposed within the sensor module housing at a controlled distance from the sensing element that allows the sensing element to access the environment;
- electronics n the sensor module housing coupled to the sensing element;
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- wherein the sensor module housing forms a wall of a flame path.
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A sensor module comprising:
- a sensor module housing;
- a sensing element within the sensor module housing that senses a characteristic of an environment and generates a sensor signal indicative of the characteristic;
- a breathing element fixedly disposed within the sensor module housing at a controlled distance from the sensing element that allows the sensing element to access the environment;
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- electronics within the sensor module housing coupled to the sensing element and configured to receive the sensor signal and generate an output based on the sensor signal.
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An explosion-proof analytic sensor system, the explosion-proof analytic sensor system comprising:
- a sensor module comprising:
- a sensing element that senses a characteristic of art environment and generates a signal indicative of the characteristic of the environment;
- a breathing element disposed at a controlled distance from the sensing element that allows the sensing element to access the environment;
- a first wall of a flame path;
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- electronics coupled to the sensing element that receive the signal indicative of the characteristic of the environment and generate a sensor-related output based on the signal indicative of the characteristic of the environment;
- a sensor module housing configured to house the sensor module and comprising a second wall of the flame path and a multi-start thread;
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- a sensor module cover configured to couple to the sensor module housing and comprising a multi-start thread.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.