Pressure transducer assembly with selectable damping inserts
AssigneeKulite Semiconductor Products, Inc.
InventorsLouis DeRosa, Robert Gardner
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Abstract
A reconfigurable pressure transducer assembly having an input tube filter assembly is provided. The resonant frequency and dampening characteristics associate with the pressure transducer assembly may be configured by the input tube filter assembly. The input tube filter assembly includes one or more inserts disposed in an input tube channel, the one or more inserts including one or more bores of selectable dimensions and extending therethrough from a first end to a second end. The one or more inserts define an effective input tube bore, and the input tube filter assembly is tunable by selection of the selectable dimensions of the one or more inserts.
Claims20
A tunable pressure transducer, comprising:
- a housing;
- an input tube channel within the housing and extending from an end of the housing to a transducer input;
- and
- an insert holder disposed in the input tube channel, the insert holder comprising a cylindrical holder cavity configured to secure one or more inserts within the cylindrical holder cavity to define an effective input tube bore.
A method, comprising:
- providing a tunable pressure transducer housing having an input tube channel in communication with a cavity channel;
- and
- installing an insert holder in the input tube channel, the insert holder comprising a cylindrical holder cavity configured to secure one or more inserts within the cylindrical cavity to define an effective input tube bore.
A kit, comprising:
- an insert holder defining a holder cavity having an inner diameter and a length;
- one or more grouped sets of one or more inserts configured for selection and insertion into a holder cavity, each insert comprising:
- an outer diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the holder cavity and
- one or more bores of selectable dimensions, the one or more bores extending therethrough from a first end to a second end of each of the one or more inserts;
- wherein the one or more grouped sets of the one or more inserts are configured to define an effective input tube bore of a tunable pressure transducer assembly, wherein the effective input tube bore is tunable by selection and insertion of the one or more grouped sets of one or more inserts into the insert holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.