Very high speed temperature probe
AssigneeAGlobal Tech, LLC
InventorJohannes F. Nyffenegger
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Abstract
A very high speed temperature probe is provided that can be used in medical applications and in environments that are corrosive or hostile. The probe has a thin wall housing made of a thermally conductive material, a thin film RTD temperature sensor which is mounted within the interior of the housing and is embedded within a temperature cured composite material. A thermally conductive material is used to fill the interior of the housing. The thin wall housing and absence of entrapped air bubbles or voids in the cured composite and thermally conductive materials cooperate to achieve a low thermal time constant and thus, high temperature measuring speed for the probe.
Claims24
A temperature probe assembly, said assembly comprising:
- a housing made of a thermally conductive material;
- a temperature sensor mounted within the interior of said housing;
- at least one signal conductor coupled to said temperature sensor and exiting said housing;
- a cured composite material surrounding said temperature sensor within the interior of said housing;
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- a thermally conductive material filling the interior of said housing.
A high speed temperature probe for measuring temperature, said probe comprising:
- a housing made of a thermally conductive material;
- a thin film RTD sandwich temperature sensor mounted within the interior of said housing;
- at least one signal conductor coupled to said temperature sensor and exiting said housing;
- a cured composite material surrounding said temperature sensor within the interior of said housing;
- a thermally conductive material filling the interior of said housing, and
- a sealant for sealing the interior of said housing from exposure to the atmosphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.