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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Endress+hauser Se+co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium comprises a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit and a first piezoelectric element, wherein the piezoelectric element is in an internal volume of the oscillatable unit, wherein the apparatus is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit using an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and to convert them into a first received signal, and, based on the first received signal, to determine and/or to monitor the at least one process variable. A coupling element is arranged in the internal volume in such a manner that the coupling element is in mechanical contact with the piezoelectric element.