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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1989
Werner Strasser, Versailles, KY (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A pressure sensing element having a housing including a flexible membrane receiving portion, a flexible disc member of predetermined shape secured within the housing, and a flexible membrane disposed within the housing, the flexible membrane being substantially more flexible than the disc member, the membrane having an outer portion hermetically secured to the membrane receiving portion, a central portion impinging against the disc member and conforming to the shape thereof and an intermediate unsupported portion joining the interior portion of the outer portion and the exterior portion of the central portion. The hermetically sealed diaphragm is obtained by providing a diaphragm capable of deforming to a fixed shape, hermetically securing the edge portion of the diaphragm to a securing member, and then forcing a central portion of the diaphragm under sufficient pressure against a surface of predetermined shape and more rigid than the diaphragm to cause the central portion of the diaphragm to conform to the shape of the surface and provide an unwrinkled planar central diaphragm.