Detachable sensor assembly for an elongate conductor
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsYash Bhatia, Rajesh A, Zachary W. Newell, Ahmad Waqqas
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Abstract
A sensor assembly for an elongate conductor may include a circuit board with a sensor chip, a field component configured to partially surround the elongate conductor transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongate conductor, and a housing having a first housing portion to connect to a second housing portion by one or more fasteners. The housing may be configured to retain the elongate conductor, the circuit board, and the field component between the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
Claims20
A sensor assembly for an elongated conductor, comprising:
- a circuit board with a sensor chip;
- a field component partially surrounding the elongated conductor transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated conductor;
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- a housing having a first housing portion connected to a second housing portion by one or more fasteners and one or more connection elements,
- the housing retaining the elongated conductor, the circuit board, and the field component between the first housing portion and the second housing portion by the one or more fasteners or the one or more connection elements without the one or more fasteners and the one or more connection elements extending through the elongated conductor.
An electrical system, comprising:
- an electrical device;
- a bus bar electrically connected to the electrical device;
- and
- a sensor assembly, comprising:
- a circuit board with a sensor chip;
- a field component partially surrounding the bus bar transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bus bar;
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- a housing having a first housing portion connected to a second housing portion by one or more fasteners and one or more connection elements,
- the housing retaining the bus bar, the circuit board, and the field component between the first housing portion and the second housing portion by the one or more fasteners or the one or more connection elements without the one or more fasteners and the one or more connection elements extending through the bus bar.
A sensor assembly for an elongated conductor, comprising:
- a circuit board with a sensor chip;
- a field component configured to partially surround the elongated conductor transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated conductor;
- and
- a housing having a first housing portion to connect to a second housing portion by one or more fasteners and one or more connection elements,
- the one or more fasteners and the one or more connection elements extend across an exterior portion of the elongated conductor to connect the first housing portion to the second housing portion and to retain the elongated conductor, the circuit board, and the field component between the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.