Piezoelectric pressure and/or temperature transducer
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsMichel Valdois, Pierre Maitre, Raymond Besson, Jean-Jacques Boy
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AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsMichel Valdois, Pierre Maitre, Raymond Besson, Jean-Jacques Boy
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In a piezoelectric transducer (10) an external element (12) of tubular form receives a pressure, notably a pressure to be measured, on its external face (16). It is cut in a quartz crystal in one piece with a plate (25) capable of vibrating under the action of an electric stress and extending in a plane parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tubular element inside the latter. Each of the longitudinal edges of the plate is connected by a transverse connecting element (30, 31) to the internal face (14) of the tubular element so as to transmit forces (F1 and F2) resulting from the application of the external pressure to the plate (25) in a direction substantially parallel to its plane and perpendicular to the axis of the tubular element (12).
Piezoelectric transducer, notably for pressure and/or temperature of the type comprising a block of piezoelectric material having an external element (12) sensitive to a pressure and notably to a pressure to be measured and at least one internal element (25) capable of vibrating under the action of an electric stress, the internal element normally not being subjected to the direct action of said pressure and connected to the external element to receive forces corresponding to this pressure, characterized in that the external element (12) has a tubular form designed to receive the pressure on its external face (16) and the internal element is in the form of a plate (25) placed in the tubular element in a plane substantially parallel to its longitudinal direction, the opposite longitudinal edges of this plate each being connected by a respective connecting element (30, 31) to the internal face of the tubular element (16) for the transmission of said forces to the plate in a transverse direction.
Transducer according to claim 14, characterized in that it comprises a single connecting element (30, 31) on each longitudinal side of the plate, these elements being arranged to transmit two equal and opposite forces to the plate (25).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.