Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor for measuring the mass flow rate of a flowable medium
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Application No.: US16618730Application Date: 2018-05-08
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Publication No.: US11378431B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Christof Huber , Benjamin Schwenter , Dieter Mundschin , Christian Schütze
- Applicant: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Applicant Address: CH Reinach
- Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Current Assignee: Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Reinach
- Agency: Endress+Hauser (USA) Holding Inc.
- Agent Christopher R. Powers
- Priority: DE102017112271.0 20170602
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/061859 WO 20180508
- International Announcement: WO2018/219603 WO 20181206
- Main IPC: G01F1/84
- IPC: G01F1/84 ; G01F25/10

Abstract:
A mass flow measuring sensor includes: an oscillatable measuring tube bent in a tube plane; an oscillation exciter for exciting bending oscillations in a bending oscillation use-mode; two oscillation sensors for registering oscillations; a support system; and a measuring sensor housing; wherein the support system has support system oscillation modes, including elastic deformations of the support plate; wherein the support plate is cut to form a number of spirally shaped spring securements, via which the support plate is secured to the measuring sensor housing with oscillation degrees of freedom, whose eigenfrequencies are lower than a use-mode eigenfrequency of the bending oscillation use-mode, wherein the use-mode eigenfrequency is lower than the eigenfrequencies of the support system oscillation modes, wherein a calibration factor describes a proportionality between a mass flow through the measuring tube and a phase difference between oscillations of the measuring tube oscillating in the bending oscillation use-mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200166397A1 SENSOR FOR MEASURING THE MASS FLOW RATE OF A FLOWABLE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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