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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Itron Global Sarl, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abbas Sabraoui, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Michel Bottner, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Stephane Vago, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Gregory Pastor, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Itron Global SARL, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for configuring a bi-material enclosure for an acoustic sensor assembly, such as for use in a water or gas metering applications, or other applications using piezo and/or transducer devices. A plastic housing with mechanical reinforcements (e.g., 40% glass fiber) provides the advantage of strength and resistance to a high-pressure environment encountered during use. Use of a plastic sleeve having less or no reinforcements provides more consistent signal reception and data generation between different transducer assemblies under the same or similar conditions. Accordingly, the bi-material transducer enclosure provides a high resistance to pressure and/or high reproducibility of signal-transmission characteristics between transducer assemblies.