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US 11,428,706 B2Granted
Sensor device
AssigneeK.W.H. Ciclosport Vertriebs GmbH
InventorsGuido Golling, Andreas Hochschorner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor device with a beaker-like sensor housing and a wired sensor, wherein the beaker-like sensor housing has an introduction region for insertion of the wired sensor, an orientation region for orientating the wired sensor, and a placement region for final placement and securing of the wired sensor close to an end face of the sensor. The orientation region has an internal cross-sectional contour which is adapted to the cross-sectional contour of the sensor, and the sensor is introduced into a curable material in its placement region in the sensor housing to fixedly secure the sensor in the placement region against movement.
Claims19
A sensor device comprising:
- a beaker-like sensor housing configured for receiving a wired sensor;
- the beaker-like sensor housing forming a single piece housing having:
- an end face at one terminal end thereof;
- an introduction region for the wired sensor at an end opposite the one terminal end;
- an orientation region for the wired sensor which is adjacent to the introduction region and shaped with a contour in accordance with a cross-sectional contour of the wired sensor;
- and
- a placement region adjacent to the orientation region for the wired sensor, the placement region being adjacent to the end face of the beaker-like sensor housing and in communication with the orientation region, and having a uniform cross-sectional configuration over its length;
- wherein:
- the orientation region has a narrowing, tapering cross-section portion forming a conical tapered region terminating in an opening of a predetermined cross-sectional shape, the predetermined cross-sectional shape being in accordance with a cross-sectional contour of the wired sensor, and the opening forming an entry point to the placement region;
- the wired sensor in the beaker-like sensor housing is introduced into a curable material in the placement region;
- and
- the curable material is cured to embed the wired sensor in the placement region.
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A sensor device comprising:
- a beaker-like sensor housing configured for receiving a wired sensor;
- the beaker-like sensor housing having:
- an end face at one terminal end thereof;
- an introduction region for the wired sensor at an end opposite the one terminal end;
- an orientation region for the wired sensor which is adjacent to the introduction region and shaped with a contour in accordance with a cross-section contour of the wired sensor;
- and
- a plurality of elongated guide bars formed in the introduction region and extending parallel to one another through a full length of the introduction region to the orientation region, and evenly circumferentially spaced from one another to extend radially partially into the introduction region, the plurality of elongated guide bars configured to aid in inserting the wired sensor through the introduction region into the orientation region;
- a placement region adjacent to the orientation region for the wired sensor, the placement region being adjacent to the end face of the beaker-like sensor housing;
- wherein:
- the orientation region has an internal cross-sectional contour which is adapted to a cross-sectional contour of the wired sensor;
- the wired sensor in the wired sensor housing is introduced into a curable material in its placement region;
- and
- the curable material is cured to embed the wired sensor in the placement region.
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A sensor device comprising:
- a beaker-like sensor housing configured for receiving a wired sensor;
- the beaker-like sensor housing having:
- an end face at one terminal end thereof;
- an introduction region for the wired sensor at an end opposite the one terminal end;
- an orientation region for the wired sensor which is adjacent to the introduction region, and which has a contour shaped in accordance with a cross-sectional contour of the wired sensor to orientate the wired sensor in a desired orientation within the orientation region;
- and
- a placement region adjacent to the orientation region for the wired sensor, the placement region being adjacent to the end face of the beaker-like sensor housing;
- wherein:
- the orientation region has an internal cross-sectional contour which is adapted to a cross-sectional contour of the wired sensor;
- the wired sensor in the beaker-like sensor housing is introduced into a curable material in its placement region;
- and
- the curable material is cured to embed the wired sensor in the placement region;
- and
- a strain relief means for a wired cable portion of the wired sensor;
- the strain relief means comprising an O-ring element;
- and
- the beaker-like sensor housing having a ring groove on an opening side of the introduction region for receiving and maintaining the O-ring element therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.