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Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring ( {A} ) pressure

US8499641B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO.KG · DE

Inventors

Udo Grittke · Steinen, DE
Sergej Lopatin · Lörrach, DE
Andreas Roßberg · Bad Säckingen, DE
Thomas Uhlin · Schopfheim, DE
Axel Humpert · Rheinau, DE
Andreas Spitz · Schopfheim, DE
Peter Selders · Maulburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2009
Grant date	Aug 6, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/2697
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring pressure. The apparatus comprises at least one pressure transducer, which transduces pressure into an electrical signal. The invention includes the features that at least one acoustic sensor is provided, that the acoustic sensor registers acoustic signals and transduces such into electrical signals, and that the acoustic sensor is mechanically and/or acoustically coupled with the pressure transducer.

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