Thermocouple assembly
AssigneeUnited States Department of Energy
InventorsNelson Schwarting, Brian J. Lashway, John Crowley, Don Rappold
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Abstract
Disclosed is a thermocouple assembly having a resilient mount; a buffer having a first side and a second side, with the buffer first side connecting with the resilient mount; an insulator having a first side and a second side, with the insulator first side connecting with the buffer second side; and a thermocouple having a first side and a second side, the thermocouple first side connecting with the insulator second side, and the thermocouple second side being configured to be in thermal contact with an object to be measured.
Claims20
A thermocouple assembly, comprising:
- a resilient mount;
- a buffer connected to the resilient mount, the buffer having a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion so that a gap separates the first portion from the second portion, wherein the first portion of the buffer is adjacent to and in direct contact with the resilient mount;
- an insulator having a first side and a second side, wherein the insulator is positioned within the gap;
- and
- a thermocouple positioned adjacent the insulator, the thermocouple having a first side and a second side, the thermocouple first side connecting with the insulator second side, and the thermocouple second side being configured to be in thermal contact with an object to be measured.
A method of manufacturing a thermocouple assembly, comprising:
- attaching a first surface of a thermocouple to a first surface of a buffer;
- attaching a second surface of the buffer to a resilient mount;
- and
- attaching an insulator to a second surface of the buffer and a second surface of the thermocouple.
A test device, comprising:
- a mandrel;
- at least one reference thermocouple attached an outer surface of the mandrel;
- and
- a plurality of insulated thermocouples attached to the outer surface of the mandrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.