Isolated magnetostrictive buffered liquid level sensor
AssigneeMTS Systems Corporation
InventorsRodney Barr, Michael Gloden, Arnold Sprecher
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Abstract
A magnetostrictive application probe is disclosed wherein the probe includes a preassembled sensor element mounted as an application housing installation as an installable unit. The modular nature allows interchanging with various electronic assemblies, and may be an explosion proof installation.
Claims5
A probe for isolating a magnetostrictive sensor adapted for detecting and measuring the level of liquid in a container, from signal processing circuitry, the signal processing signals from the sensor;
- comprising:
- a signal conditioner having a buffer circuit to condition the signal processing signals to a buffered signal;
- a housing enclosing said signal conditioner and having an exterior and interior;
- first means for mounting said signal conditioner and the sensor in said interior of said housing, including the adaptation for detecting and measuring the level of liquid;
- and
- a second means for permitting the signals from the buffered sensor to be sent to the signal processing circuitry exterior to said housing.
The probe of claim 8, wherein the sensor includes wires located in said interior of said housing, said wires extending interiorly from the buffered circuit through said conduit.
A probe having one or more features describe in the specification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.