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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Kevin Harsh, Erie, CO (US);
Jon Lubbers, Lafayette, CO (US);
Evan Pilant, Longmont, CO (US);
Alex Brand, Westminster, CO (US);
Laura Ferlin, Erie, CO (US);
Samuel Hotaling, Boulder, CO (US);
Steve Sheeran, Longmont, CO (US);
Jakob Oreskovich, Boulder, CO (US);
Eric Schneider, Thornton, CO (US);
Thomas Schahrer, Longmont, CO (US);
Lewis Wright, Polson, MT (US);
Sporian Microsystems, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
Heat resistant sensors equipped with any of a variety of transducers for measuring any of a variety of properties of fluids are constructed with components comprising materials that can withstand very high temperatures. Some embodiments of the sensors include a first pressure sensitive element and a second pressure sensitive element with respective first and second membranes positioned in juxtaposed relation to each other to form a capacitor. Some embodiments include a pusher that extends from the membrane toward a first electrode. Some embodiments have a housing comprising a ceramic substrate with a sensor element mounted on an inside surface of the substrate. Other embodiments have direction sensing capabilities including a heater positioned in a core material and at least three temperature sensors located at or near the peripheral surface of the core material and spaced apart angularly in relation to each other.