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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Mark S. Haberbusch, Amherst, OH (US);
Jacob C. Ickes, Fremont, OH (US);
Adam Thurn, Clyde, OH (US);
Branden J. Lawless, Mason, OH (US);
Mark S. Haberbusch, Amherst, OH (US);
Jacob C. Ickes, Fremont, OH (US);
Adam Thurn, Clyde, OH (US);
Branden J. Lawless, Mason, OH (US);
Sierra Lobo, Inc., Fremont, OH (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly includes a main body, a sensor, and a filler. The main body includes an outer surface having a continuously-variable radius of curvature in at least one portion. A sensor in thermal communication with a region of that surface having relatively low radius of curvature is disposed in the assembly recessed from the outer surface. Liquid droplets adhered to the outer surface in this region tend to migrate to a distant location having a higher radius of curvature. The main body has low thermal conductivity. The filler has a relatively higher thermal conductivity and, in embodiments, fills an opening in the outer surface of the main body, providing a thermally-conductive pathway between the sensor and the surrounding environment via the opening. A probe having a plurality of such sensors, and methods of detecting the presence of liquid and phase transitions in a predetermined space are also disclosed.