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Transducer holding device for an ultrasonic flow measurement device

US11796360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Sensus Spectrum, LLC · US

Inventors

Carsten Bertram · Hannover, DE
Andreas Pfeiffer · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2019
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F1/667
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A measuring device for determining the flow rate of a fluid which flows through a pipe portion. The measuring device comprises a measuring pipe with a pipe wall, at least one ultrasonic sensor for transmitting an acoustic signal and/or receiving an acoustic signal having an ultrasonic sensor upper surface and a holding element. In the pipe wall, at least one opening of a first type is provided, into which the at least one ultrasonic sensor can be inserted, and wherein the measuring device has an assembled state in which the holding element surrounds the measuring pipe in an annular manner and is positioned on the at least one ultrasonic sensor inserted into the opening of a first type.

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