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US 2019/0170553 A1Published application
Coriolis flow sensor assembly
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPhilipp Lang, Jens Rütten, Charles Erklin Seeley
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Abstract
Provided is a Coriolis flow sensor assembly that includes a fluid flow assembly, including a flow tube, wherein the fluid flow assembly is configured to provide a flow path through the flow tube. The flow tube has at least one region of increased stiffness, which may be a result of a structural support component coupled to the flow tube. In another embodiment, the increased stiffness is caused by integral properties of the flow tube.
Claims21
An assembly comprising:
- a structural support component configured to receive a flow tube, the flow tube being configured to provide a flow path for a fluid;
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- a mechanical drive assembly configured to drive an oscillation of the flow tube and the structural support component while fluid is flowing through the flow path, wherein oscillation of the flow tube in at least one plane is decreased when the flow tube is coupled to the structural support component.
An assembly comprising:
- a flow tube configured to provide a flow path through the flow tube, wherein the flow tube has a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region both having a greater stiffness than a third region;
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- a mechanical drive assembly configured to drive an oscillation of the flow tube while fluid is flowing through the flow path.
A system comprising:
- a fluid flow assembly, the fluid flow assembly comprising a flow tube, wherein the fluid flow assembly is configured to provide a flow path through the flow tube, wherein the flow tube is formed from a material having a first stiffness at a first location and a second stiffness at a second location, the first stiffness being greater than the second stiffness;
- a mechanical drive assembly configured to drive an oscillation of the flow tube while fluid is flowing through the flow path;
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- a sensor configured to sense the oscillation of the flow tube and generate a signal indicative of the oscillation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.