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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen, MN (US);
Andrew John Kitzman, Burnsville, MN (US);
Andrew Steven Dierker, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kyle Steven Warren, Shakopee, MN (US);
Allen John Kassen, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Dirk Willy Bauschke, Shakopee, MN (US);
Rosemount Inc., Chanhassen, MN (US);
Abstract
A temperature sensor includes a temperature probe, an adapter, a resilient device, and a visual indicator. The temperature probe includes a temperature sensing device disposed at a temperature probe tip. The adapter surrounds a portion of the temperature probe such that the temperature probe is movable within the adapter in a lengthwise direction. The adapter includes a physical reference. The resilient device is adapted to produce a force between the adapter and the temperature probe. The force being variable based on a position of the temperature probe within the adapter. The visual indicator is disposed on a surface of the temperature probe. Alignment of the visual indicator with the physical reference corresponds to a desired force produced by the resilient device.