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US 2016/0109317 A1Published application
Climate Control Pressure Plug with Sensor
AssigneeTrensor, LLC
InventorsScott C. Gilman, Steven D. Gilman, Jingxun Zhou, James Resutek
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Abstract
A sensor-plug for insertion into a drier bottle of an automotive condenser. The sensor-plug is a unitary piece and positioned within the drier bottle to eliminate the use of a separate sensor on the opposite side of the condenser.
Claims19
A condenser plug for sensing pressure within a condenser tube comprising:
- a first housing portion having a first end and a second end, the first housing portion having a cavity on its first end that contains an electrical terminal pin connector having pin terminals, the first housing portion adapted to accommodate a pressure sensor;
- a pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube, the pressure sensor is operably connected to the terminal pins of the first housing portion;
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- a second housing portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second housing portion adapted to mate to the second end of the first housing portion and the second end of the second housing portion having a socket with a pressure sensing channel for communicating the pressure within the condenser to the pin terminals.
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A condenser plug for a condenser tube comprising:
- a first housing portion having a first end and a second end, the first housing portion having a cavity on its first end that contains an electrical terminal pin connector having pin terminals, the first housing portion adapted to accommodate a pressure sensor, the first housing portion also having threads on the outside surface for threaded connection of the condenser plug to the condenser tube;
- a pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube, the pressure sensor is operably connected to the terminal pins of the first housing portion;
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- a second housing portion having first and second ends, the first end of the second housing portion adapted to mate to the second end of the first housing portion and the second end of the second housing portion having a socket with a pressure sensing channel for communicating the pressure within the condenser to the pin terminals.
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A method of securing a condenser plug within a condenser tube:
- inserting desiccant cartridge in a condenser tube;
- inserting a condenser plug for sensing pressure within the condenser tube behind the desiccant cartridge, the condenser plug having a housing having first and second ends and containing a pressure sensor adapted to sense pressure within the condenser tube;
- securing the desiccant assembly to an end of the condenser plug and establishing a pressure sensing path from the desiccant assembly through the pressure sensor to the second end of the housing of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.