Method of joining a pressure sensor header with an associated transducer element
AssigneeKulite Semioconductor Products, Inc.
InventorsAnthony D. Kurtz, Adam Kane
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Abstract
A pressure transducer assembly including: a pressure sensor header; a transducer assembly member; and a joining arrangement disposed at an interface of the header and the transducer assembly member, for joining the header with the transducer assembly member, the joining arrangement including: a recessed female joining element formed in one of the header and the transducer assembly member; and a protruding male joining element formed on the other of the header and the transducer assembly member, the male joining element received in the female joining element.
Claims19
A pressure sensor header adapted for communication with a port, and one of a recessed female joining element and a protruding male joining element being integrally formed with the port, comprising:
- a header shell;
- and
- a corresponding other one of the recessed female joining element and the protruding male joining element being integrally formed with the shell;
- wherein the female joining element and the male joining element are configured to be slip-fit or press-fit together to adjoin the header shell and the port;
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- wherein the configuration of the female joining element and the male joining element create a hoop stress that is applied around a side wall of the header.
A method of joining a pressure sensor header with a member, comprising:
- providing a protruding male joining element on one of the header and the member;
- providing a recessed female joining element on the other one of the header and the member;
- assembling the header to the member at a header-member interface so that the male joining element is configured to be slip-fitted or press-fitted within the female joining element and creates a hoop stress that is applied around a side wall of the header;
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- welding the header and the member at the header-member interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.