Patent classifications
G01F15/185
Fluid meter with a fluid housing and method for producing a fluid housing
Fluid meter with a fluid housing and a method for manufacturing the fluid housing, which comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid channel, which extends between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and which is fluidically coupled to the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein the fluid housing has a side facing the fluid channel, to which a fluid-measuring module is assigned, which is in direct contact with a fluid flowing through the fluid channel at a fluid-side interface, wherein the fluid-measuring module is surrounded by the fluid housing, and wherein the fluid-measuring module is equipped to generate surface acoustic waves which propagate along the fluid-side interface of the fluid-measuring module.
MEASURING ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER OF A FLUID MEDIUM FLOWING THROUGH A FLUID FLOW CHANNEL AND FLUID FLOW CHANNEL HAVING SUCH A MEASURING ARRANGEMENT
A measuring arrangement for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a fluid flow duct. The measuring arrangement includes a probe device designed to be arranged in the flowing medium as a hollow body having an incident flow side closing the cavity of the hollow body, an open discharge flow side, an outer contour, which generates a flow separation on the discharge flow side, for generating a backflow, and a partition wall dividing the cavity into a fluid inflow chamber and a fluid outflow chamber, wherein the fluid inflow chamber includes an inlet opening and the fluid outflow chamber includes an outlet opening.
WATER METER SYSTEM AND METHOD
A water meter system and method may provide inline flow monitoring and leak detection that may track real-time water usage. The water meter system and method may utilize one or more dual pressure sensors and/or ultrasonic sensors to detect leaks quickly and automatically turn off a valve. A spool may be utilized that may provide the dual pressure sensors on opposite sides of a ball valve to separate upstream and downstream pressure zones when the valve is closed.
METER BAR
A meter bar includes a housing comprising an inflow end and an outflow end, a key assembly arranged within housing, the key assembly including a key, the key defining an interior and providing a fluid pathway from the inflow end to the outflow end; the key defining a pair of upper portals, one upper portal proximate the inflow end and one upper portal proximate the outflow end; the key defining a pair of lower portals, one lower portal proximate the inflow end and one lower portal proximate the outflow end; the key defining a pair of bypass portals; the key assembly arrangeable within the housing to selectably direct fluid flow from the inflow end to the outflow end either through a meter or bypassing the meter.
Swimming pool flowmeter that serves as a safety vacuum release system
The flowmeter of the present invention is primarily used in swimming pools and is configured to deactivate a swimming pool pump when the drain in the swimming pool is blocked or covered. Swimming pool drains are often blocked or covered by the body of a swimmer. When the drain is blocked or covered, the pump creates substantial suction force that entraps the body of a swimmer against the drain. By deactivating the pump when the drain is blocked or covered, the flowmeter of the present invention serves as a safety vacuum release system that prevents entrapment of a person by the drain of the swimming pool.
Gas meter with gas thermal property measurement and auto-compensation
An electronic utility gas meter using MEMS thermal mass flow sensor to meter gas custody transfer and MEMS gas thermal property sensor to compensate the metering values due to gas composition variations is disclosed in the present invention. The meter is designed to have a MEMS mass flow sensor to meter the city utility gas consumption independent of environmental temperature and pressure while a MEMS gas thermal property or dual gas thermal property sensors to compensate the tariff due to the gas composition variations for compliance with the current regulation requirements of tariff and remove the major concerns for the wide deployment of the thermal mass MEMS utility gas meters.
Detection unit for a rotating measuring ball, as well as flowmeter
A flow meter includes two parts, a flow unit which can be fitted between fluid pipes and a detection unit snapped on the flow unit. The flow unit has a housing which accommodates a measuring chamber in which there is a rotating measuring ball. The detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber and has a C-shaped housing part. Inside the housing part there is a printed circuit board which is also C-shaped and is present at a distance from the inner wall of the housing part. When the detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber, the ends of the housing part will be bent outward. As a result of the clearance between the inner wall of the housing part and the printed circuit board and the fact that the housing part is slidable relative to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board is not bent.
Physical quantity detection device
Provided is a physical quantity detection device capable of achieving both rigidity improvement and sealability improvement. A physical quantity detection device (20) of the invention includes a housing (100), a cover (200), a chip package (310), and a flow rate sensor (311) supported by the chip package and arranged in a sub-passage. The housing includes: a first adhesive groove 160A which is an adhesive groove to which an adhesive for bonding the cover is applied, extends along a proximal end of the housing, extends in the protruding direction of the housing from the proximal end of the housing to a position on a more distal end side of the housing than the chip package, and is applied with the first adhesive 401; and a second adhesive groove 160B which extends along the sub-passage 134 and is applied with the second adhesive 402. The first adhesive has a higher Young's modulus, and the second adhesive has a higher thixotropy.
M-BUS RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND M-BUS-BASED 4G WATER METER COLLECTOR
An M-BUS receiving circuit (8) and an M-BUS-based 4G water meter collector. The M-BUS receiving circuit (8) is disposed between a control unit (2) and an M-BUS overcurrent protection circuit, and is used for connecting the control unit (2) and the M-BUS overcurrent protection circuit. The M-BUS receiving circuit (8) consists of a voltage-stabilizing chip U1, Schmitt triggers U5B and U5C, voltage comparators U3A and U3B, triodes Q2 and Q4, diodes D1, D2, D8-D11, operational amplifiers U15A and U15B, voltage-stabilizing diodes ZW10 and ZW11, and several resistance-capacitance circuits. The M-BUS receiving circuit (8) can greatly increase the signal-to-noise ratio, and the reliability and stability thereof are significantly improved. Similarly, the M-BUS-based 4G water meter collector can effectively improve the stability of water meter data collection.
Sensor bypass for gas meters
A gas meter having a sensor module and at least one bypass module is described herein. In an example of the gas meter, an enclosure defines an interior cavity within which a manifold may be configured to include a sensor module connector, at least one bypass module connector, and an exhaust port. A sensor module may be connected to the sensor module connector of the manifold and may measure a flowrate through the sensor module and into the manifold. A bypass module may be connected to the bypass module connector of the manifold to bypass gas around the sensor module. A processor may be used to compute a gas flowrate through the meter using inputs including the measured flowrate and data based on the measured flowrate to adjust for gas that bypassed the sensor module.