Additively manufactured detectors
AssigneeRosemount Aerospace Inc.
InventorsJamison K. Roman, Jeremiah Schweitzer
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Abstract
A detector includes a scoop portion. The scoop portion includes a top surface extending continuously from a forward tip to an aft end, a bottom surface opposite from the top surface, and a receiving portion therebetween. The bottom surface includes an aperture. The top surface includes a detent formed therein opposite from the aperture across the receiving portion. The detent is configured and adapted to receive at least a portion of a sensor. A method includes additively manufacturing a scoop portion and brazing a strut portion to the scoop portion. The scoop portion includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a receiving portion therebetween.
Claims17
A detector, comprising:
- a scoop portion attached to a baseplate including:
- a top surface extending continuously from a forward tip to an aft end, wherein the top surface is an element of the scoop portion including a proximal side and distal side from the baseplate;
- a bottom surface opposite from the top surface, wherein the bottom surface is an element of the scoop portion including a proximal side and distal side from the baseplate, wherein the bottom surface is closer to the baseplate than the top surface;
- a receiving portion therebetween, wherein the bottom surface includes an aperture and wherein the top surface includes a detent formed therein opposite from the aperture in the proximal side of the top surface across the receiving portion, wherein the detent is configured and adapted to receive at least a portion of a sensor;
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- the sensor extending into the receiving portion of the scoop portion, wherein the detent further includes an inwardly extending surface on a distal side of the detent relative to the baseplate, wherein the sensor is received within the detent and a tip of the sensor is surrounded by the detent, wherein the inwardly extending surface in the detent is not contacted by any body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.