Ultrasonic Monitoring Device and System
AssigneeLIXIL Corporation
InventorsDavid Schecter, Takanori Idota, Ari Morse, Emilie Williams
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Abstract
A sensing assembly configured to monitor material flow in a conduit, the sensing assembly comprising an adjustment mechanism; a housing; and an ultrasonic sensor assembly, wherein the ultrasonic sensor assembly is at least partially positioned within the housing and comprises an ultrasonic sensor, the ultrasonic sensor is configured to couple a conduit, and the adjustment mechanism is configured to allow for coupling of the ultrasonic sensor to conduits having a variety of diameters. An adjustment mechanism may be configured to allow for fine adjustment of sensor-to-conduit coupling.
Claims20
A sensing assembly configured to monitor material flow in a conduit, the sensing assembly comprising
- an adjustment mechanism;
- a controller;
- a housing;
- and
- an ultrasonic sensor assembly,
- wherein
- the ultrasonic sensor assembly is at least partially positioned at a housing interior and comprises an ultrasonic sensor,
- the ultrasonic sensor is configured to couple to a conduit,
- the adjustment mechanism is configured to allow for coupling of the ultrasonic sensor to conduits having a variety of diameters,
- the ultrasonic sensor comprises a first ultrasonic transducer coupled to a first upstream wedge and a second ultrasonic transducer coupled to a second downstream wedge, and
- the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer are electrically coupled to the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.