Pressure transmitter having an isolation assembly with a two-piece isolator plug
US9689769B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49815
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A pressure transmitter connectable to a process line provides an output responsive to a pressure in the process line. The transmitter includes a housing having a base with a process end coupled to an interior cavity formed in the housing, a sensor for sensing the pressure and an isolating assembly mounted at the process end of the housing and isolating fluid in the process line from the interior cavity. The isolating assembly includes an isolation diaphragm configured to be fluidically coupled to the process pressure in the process line, and an isolator plug positioned in the process of the housing adapter. The isolator plug having a lower plug portion providing a first end surface adjacent the isolation diaphragm, an upper plug portion providing a second end surface distally spaced from the first end surface and adjacent a sensor cavity in which the sensor is positioned, a connection mechanism connecting the lower and upper plug portions, and a capillary filled with isolation fluid and extending from the first end surface through the lower and upper plug portions to the second end surface thereby coupling the pressure through the isolation diaphragm and the capillary to the sensor…
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