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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2023
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Jochen Scholder, Waldkirch, DE;
Sebastian Schätzle, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A process connection, in particular for a sensor unit in a process plant, includes an external threaded adapter that has a screw-in passage and that is provided with an internal thread; an internal threaded adapter having a cylindrical through passage and an external thread; and an annular molded seal. The external threaded adapter has a radially peripheral inwardly projecting hollow cylindrical projection at one end of the screw-in passage. The annular molded seal contacts the hollow cylindrical projection in the axial and radial direction within the screw-in passage. The external thread of the internal threaded adapter is in screw engagement with the internal thread of the external threaded adapter. The internal threaded adapter is configured to press the molded seal axially onto the hollow cylindrical projection of the external threaded adapter. The disclosure also relates to a sensor assembly having such a process connection and to a corresponding process plant.