Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancements for differential-pressure-driven fluid flows
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Application No.: US14742261Application Date: 2015-06-17
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Publication No.: US09606137B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Robin Jacob , Guru Prasad Mahapatra , Paul Robert Johnson
- Applicant: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Burnsville
- Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Burnsville
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01F1/46
- IPC: G01F1/46 ; G01P5/165

Abstract:
A pitot tube includes a wall that extends longitudinally along an axis. The wall defines an inlet aperture at a longitudinal end of the wall, an outlet aperture opposite the inlet aperture, an interior cavity extending from the inlet aperture to an outlet aperture, a passage extending through and perpendicular to the wall having an outlet along an exterior surface of the wall, and an augmenting feature configured to reduce a static pressure at the outlet of the passage. In another embodiment, a wall defines a passage and an augmenting feature that modifies a flow direction of fluid flowing across an outlet of the passage such that a static pressure of the fluid at the outlet is reduced relative to the wall without the augmenting feature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160370400A1 ENHANCEMENTS FOR DIFFERENTIAL-PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLUID FLOWS Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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