Integrated fluid sensing device

US6619142B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• FESTO AG & CO. · US

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Forster · Dresden, DE
• Frank J. Langro · Great Neck, US
• Frank Latino · Setauket, US
• Josef Binder · Huntington, US
• Wolfgang Benecke · Kürten, DE
• Thomas Stärz · Tarmstedt, DE
• Oliver Ahrens · Bremen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/87885
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A circuit board, which includes one or more sensors, is integrated in a fluid control device, such as a valve manifold and a base plate. The fluid control device selectively directs a fluid used to control pneumatic or hydraulic equipment. The sensors are used to measure physical characteristics of the fluid, such as flow rate, pressure, and temperature.