Probe with unilaterally cantilevered head housing

US5719342A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GESTRA AG · DE

Inventors

• Kerstin Borchers · Bremen, DE
• Heinrich Hansemann · Bremen, DE
• Herbert Laupichler · Weyhe, DE
• Jan-Hermann Muller · Hude, DE
• Joachim-Christian Politt · Bremen, DE
• Gunter Schmitz · Duisburg, DE
• Holger Schroter · Osterwieck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 17, 1998
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01K1/12
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A probe for monitoring a medium within a container, which includes a mounting housing for mounting the probe on a container, a neck part attached at one end to the mounting housing, and at the other end to a radially cantilevered head housing. The head housing extends on only one side of the neck part. A sensor is attached to the mounting housing. An electrical conductor is attached to the sensor and extends through the neck part and into the head housing where it is connected to an electronic circuit, which is mounted inside the head housing. The head housing is made so that its dimensions in the radial direction of the neck part are greater than the dimensions of the neck part. The cantilevered mounting of the head housing allows heat from the container to dissipate into the atmosphere without contacting a significant portion of the head housing. The configuration of the head housing also allows easy access to the electronic circuit, even if two probes are placed in close proximity to each other.