阅读说明：本技术 保护装置 (Protective device ) 是由 C·希尔 于 2018-12-19 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于传感器(2)的膜(3)的保护装置(1)；传感器(2)确定由作用在膜(3)上的介质所传递的物理参量；保护装置(1)可安装在传感器(2)上；保护装置(1)具有纵向轴线(Z)；保护装置(1)在安装在传感器(2)上的状态下保护膜(3)免受至少一个辐射源(9)的电磁辐射；保护装置(1)具有至少一个通道(7),介质在保护装置(1)安装在传感器(2)上的状态下可以通过通道(7)到达膜(3)；在保护装置(1)安装在传感器(2)上的状态下,电磁辐射可以在通道(7)中传播；其中,在通道(7)中传播的电磁辐射只有在通道的壁、简称通道壁(71)上进行至少一次反射之后才到达膜(3)。(The invention relates to a protective device (1) for a membrane (3) of a sensor (2); the sensor (2) determines a physical variable transmitted by the medium acting on the membrane (3); the protection device (1) can be mounted on the sensor (2); the protection device (1) has a longitudinal axis (Z); the protection device (1) protects the membrane (3) from electromagnetic radiation of at least one radiation source (9) in the mounted state on the sensor (2); the protective device (1) has at least one passage (7), through which the medium can reach the membrane (3) in the state in which the protective device (1) is mounted on the sensor (2); in the state in which the protection device (1) is mounted on the sensor (2), electromagnetic radiation can propagate in the channel (7); the electromagnetic radiation propagating in the channel (7) reaches the membrane (3) only after at least one reflection at the wall of the channel, briefly the channel wall (71).)

1. A protection device (1) for a membrane (3) of a sensor (2); the sensor (2) determines a physical quantity transmitted by the medium acting on the membrane (3); the protection device (1) can be mounted on the sensor (2); the protection device (1) has a longitudinal axis (Z); the protective device (1) protects the membrane (3) from electromagnetic radiation of at least one radiation source (9) in the mounted state on the sensor (2); the protective device (1) has at least one channel (7), through which channel (7) the medium can reach the membrane (3) in the state in which the protective device (1) is mounted on the sensor (2); and in a state in which the protection device (1) is mounted on the sensor (2), the electromagnetic radiation is able to propagate in the channel (7); characterized in that the electromagnetic radiation propagating in the channel (7) reaches the membrane (3) only after at least one reflection on the wall of the channel, briefly channel wall (71).

2. The protection device (1) according to claim 1, wherein said channel (7) runs substantially v-shaped in at least one cross-sectional view of a section parallel to said longitudinal axis (Z).

3. The protection device (1) according to claim 1, wherein at least one channel (7) runs substantially s-shaped in at least one cross-sectional view of a section parallel to the longitudinal axis (Z).

4. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the protection device (1) has a surface facing the membrane (3), referred to simply as membrane side (31), in the mounted state; the protective device (1) has a surface facing away from the membrane (3) in the mounted state, referred to as the medium side (41); and the quotient of the sum of the clear contours of the channels (7) on the membrane side (31) or the medium side (41) and the surface area of the membrane (7) is at least 0.25.

5. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a channel wall (71), which is a wall inside the channel, has an average roughness of at least 5 microns; and electromagnetic radiation directionally incident on the roughened surface is reflected such that the directional specific gravity of the reflected radiation is less than 80%.

6. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the protection device (1) is composed of at least two protection device parts (51, 52); the protective device parts (51, 52) are arranged one above the other perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (Z) in the mounted state of the protective device (1); and the protective device parts (51, 52) are connected in a material-fit manner.

7. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a channel wall (71), which is a wall inside the channel, has a coating absorbing electromagnetic radiation; the electromagnetic radiation absorbing coating absorbs at least 10% of the incident intensity of the electromagnetic radiation, which means that the reflection intensity is reduced by at least 10% relative to the uncoated channel wall (71).

8. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by a channel wall (71), which is a wall inside a channel, having an anti-adhesion coating, wherein particles present in the medium adsorb on the channel wall (71) less than 50% on the uncoated channel wall (71).

9. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that said protection device (1) is made of metal or metal alloy.

10. The protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that said protection device (1) is made of ceramic.

11. A sensor (2) for determining a physical quantity, which physical quantity is transmitted through a medium; the sensor (2) has a membrane (3), the medium acting on the membrane (3); characterized in that a protection device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is mounted on the sensor (2).

12. A sensor (2) according to claim 11, characterized in that the sensor (2) is a pressure sensor determining pressure; and a piezoelectric measuring element is arranged in the pressure sensor.

13. A sensor (2) according to claim 11, characterized in that the sensor (2) is arranged in a pressure chamber of an internal combustion engine.

14. A method for manufacturing a protection device (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that the protection device (1) is made by a selective laser melting technique or a laser metal deposition technique or similar, wherein metal powder is partially or completely melted by laser radiation.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a protective device for mounting on a sensor according to the preamble of the independent claim.

Background

The sensor determines a physical quantity and provides a sensor signal corresponding to the physical quantity under ideal conditions. For this purpose, a sensor element which is sensitive to a physical variable is arranged in the sensor. The sensor element is typically protected from certain external influences, such as dust and/or liquids and/or gases and/or electromagnetic radiation, by a protective layer (e.g. a membrane) of the sensor'. Such expressions and/or terms are to be understood as non-exclusive opposites. The membrane is typically made of metal or metal alloy or plastic. The medium is a carrier of a physical parameter and acts on the membrane.

The membrane is exposed to an external influence. External influences refer to temperature, pressure, etc.

The physical quantity is, for example, pressure. If the sensor determines the pressure, the gas or liquid is the carrier of the physical quantity and acts on the membrane. However, the sensor element of the pressure sensor also has a temperature dependency, which represents a disadvantageous effect on the sensor signal.

The thermal energy causing the temperature change is not only transferred by heat conduction through the medium, but also by convection by means of a thermal band, but also by thermal radiation such as electromagnetic radiation. In the following, the term electromagnetic radiation is also used as a synonym for thermal radiation.

When a flame is ignited near the film, the electromagnetic radiation on the film increases rapidly. If the flame is extinguished, the electromagnetic radiation on the film will decrease rapidly. If the electromagnetic radiation thus incident is partially or completely absorbed by the film, the temperature of the film will increase. The increase in temperature of the membrane is at least partially transmitted to the sensor element and thereby influences the determined sensor signal or damages the sensor element. This influence on the sensor signal can lead to an incorrect value being determined for the physical variable, which is no longer the temperature itself at a later time.

The rapidly occurring temperature changes of the material, for example of the membrane or of the sensor element, are also referred to as thermal shocks, and can also occur in other places where a medium burns, for example in the pressure chamber of an internal combustion engine. Internal combustion engines include four-stroke engines and two-stroke engines, such as Wankel engines, Otto engines, diesel engines, and the like. Thermal shock can also occur in other pressurized spaces, such as in gas turbines, jet engines, rocket engines, steam turbines and steamers or within similar structures. Hereinafter, the pressure chamber of the internal combustion engine and the above-described space inside which pressure is filled are collectively referred to as a pressure chamber. Unlike the almost constant ambient temperature, which changes slowly over time, the influence of thermal shocks on the sensor signal of the sensor mounted in the pressure chamber cannot be minimized or can only be insufficiently minimized within the framework of calibration.

Furthermore, if the temperature exceeds the material-dependent threshold of the film material, the film may be damaged by thermal shock. Repeated thermal shock can also lead to film aging and cause damage associated with film aging.

From EP2024710a1 a membrane protection device is known which is fastened to the front region of a sensor provided with a membrane in the front region and which can withstand temperatures of up to 500 ℃. In one embodiment, the membrane protection device has openings, (channels) through which a medium with the information to be measured can pass. The diameter of the channel is chosen such that no flame can pass through it, which means that the film protection is fire-proof.

The disadvantage here is that the electromagnetic radiation from the at least one radiation source on the medium side can act directly on the membrane through the channel, which can cause thermal shocks. This may affect the sensor signal and determine an erroneous value for the physical quantity. Depending on the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation, the electromagnetic radiation may cause damage to the membrane and/or the sensor element.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a protective device for a membrane of a sensor such that electromagnetic radiation propagating in a channel reaches the membrane only after at least one reflection at the wall of the channel, thereby reducing the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the membrane. A further object of the invention is to provide a protective device which enables a medium, which is the support for the physical variable to be determined, to act as unimpeded as possible on the membrane.

At least one object of the invention is achieved by the features of the independent claims. The present invention relates to a protective device for a membrane of a sensor; the sensor determines a physical parameter transmitted by the medium acting on the membrane; the protection device may be mounted on the sensor; the protective device has a longitudinal axis; the protective device protects the membrane from electromagnetic radiation of the at least one radiation source in the mounted state on the sensor; the protective device has at least one passage through which the medium can reach the membrane in the state in which the protective device is mounted on the sensor; and in a state in which the protection device is mounted on the sensor, electromagnetic radiation can propagate in the channel; wherein electromagnetic radiation propagating in the channel reaches the membrane only after at least one reflection on the walls of the channel (shortly called channel walls).

Thereby, the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the membrane will be reduced compared to a protective device having a channel in which the electromagnetic radiation can propagate from the radiation source to the membrane without reflection at the walls of the channel.

The propagation of electromagnetic radiation takes place linearly in space in the form of rays starting from the radiation source.

If electromagnetic radiation (radiation for short) is incident on the protective device, at least one reflection on the wall of the channel (channel wall for short) is required according to the invention in order to reach the membrane from the radiation source. If the radiation is incident on the channel wall, it will be partly absorbed, partly reflected and partly scattered, and re-rayed and linearly propagated from the channel wall.

Reflection of radiation refers to the directional reflection (gerichete reflection) of radiation on a surface, while scattering of radiation refers to the diffuse reflection of radiation on a surface. Absorption refers to the conversion of radiation into thermal energy at a surface, thereby providing thermal energy to the surface.

Thus, after the radiation is incident on the channel wall, the intensity of the radiation propagating in the channel may be reduced. This is due to absorption of a portion of the radiation at the channel walls. This is also due to the partial reflection and scattering of radiation in the following directions: that is, the radiation is emitted again from the feed-through (durchfur hung) in this direction on the side of the protective device facing away from the membrane (simply referred to as the media side), and therefore does not reach the membrane. This is known as backscattering or back reflection.

Only a small fraction of the radiation may be incident on the membrane after only one incidence on the channel walls. A larger portion of the radiation is incident on the channel walls multiple times, where the intensity decreases with each incidence due to the absorption described above. Backscatter and back reflection also reduce the intensity of radiation reaching the film. The radiation reaching the membrane is therefore many times smaller than the radiation reaching the membrane by the protective device according to the prior art.

It is also desirable that the medium should pass through the protection means as unhindered as possible in order to minimize the influence of the geometry of the protection means on the information to be determined. If the flow resistance of the channel is high, pressure variations due to the flow resistance of the medium through the channel act on the membrane with a delay. The flow resistance depends on the net profile of the channel and the length of the path that the medium will take through the channel. The net profile of a channel is the plane in which the channel is projected onto a plane. Therefore, there is a limit frequency for the pressure change, wherein pressure changes which occur more quickly than the inverse of the limit frequency can only be determined with insufficient accuracy over the course of time of the pressure.

Furthermore, the channel has a resonance frequency, since the combination of the protection device and the sensor represents a helmholtz resonator having at least one resonance frequency. The pressure variations occurring along the time scale in the range of the inverse resonance frequency cannot be accurately determined. The resonant frequency depends on the volume between the protection and the membrane and the net profile of the channel. The net profile of a channel is the plane in which the channel is projected onto a plane.

The protective device has a surface of the membrane facing the sensor in the mounted state, which surface is referred to as the membrane side. The side of the protective device facing away from the membrane is referred to as the media side. The through-hole passes from the medium side to the membrane side.

The protective device is designed such that the quotient of the sum of the clear contours of the channels on the membrane side or the medium side and the surface area of the membrane is at least 0.25. The resonant frequency and the limiting frequency are thereby increased and rapid pressure changes occurring, for example, in the internal combustion engine are determined without the influence of the resonant frequency.

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The present invention is described in exemplary detail below with reference to the attached figures. Wherein:

fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the protective device with a sensor in the mounting section, wherein the sensor is not hatched for the sake of clarity;

fig. 2 shows a cross section through the protective device according to the embodiment shown in fig. 1 parallel to the longitudinal axis;

fig. 3 shows a view of the protection device according to fig. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the protection device with a sensor in the mounting section, where the sensor is not hatched for clarity;

fig. 5 shows a cross section through the protective device according to the embodiment shown in fig. 4 parallel to the longitudinal axis;

fig. 6 shows a view of the protection device according to fig. 4.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a protective device 1 according to a preferred embodiment, which has a sensor 2 in a mounting 4. For clarity, the sensor 2 is not hatched.

The sensor 2 is formed along the longitudinal axis Z in a substantially rod-like manner. The sensor 2 is mounted in the mounting portion 4. Preferably, the sensor 2 is introduced into the mounting portion 4. The mounting portion 4 defines a chamber volume 11 which should be used for determining the physical parameter. In the chamber volume 11 there is a medium, which is a carrier of a physical parameter. On the end of the sensor 2 facing the chamber volume 11, the sensor 2 has a membrane 3 parallel to the first radial axis X and to the second radial axis Y. The longitudinal axis Z, the first radial axis X and the second radial axis Y form an orthogonal system. The first radial axis and the second radial axis form a radial plane XY. The medium acts on the membrane 3.

In one embodiment, the chamber volume is a chamber volume of a pressure chamber of an internal combustion engine.

In the following, a radial plane XY, which is expanded by the first radial axis X and the second radial axis Y, will be described optionally with a radius R and a polar angle W. The radius R, the polar angle W and the longitudinal axis Z form a cylindrical coordinate system.

In a preferred embodiment, the protective device 1 is designed in the form of a pot having a disc-shaped pot bottom 5 and a hollow-cylindrical pot wall 6, the hollow-cylindrical pot wall 6 having a longitudinal axis Z. The tank wall 6 and the tank bottom 5 are formed in one piece or are connected in a material-to-material manner.

The protection device 1 may be mounted on the sensor 2. In the mounted state on the sensor 2, the device 1 protects the membrane 3 from electromagnetic radiation of at least one radiation source 9, which radiation source 9 is arranged in the chamber volume 45.

The protective device 1 is arranged in the installed state on the sensor 2 such that the inner surface of the hollow-cylindrical tank wall 6 is opposite the outer surface of the sensor 2 and the membrane 3 faces the membrane side 31 of the tank bottom 5. The other side of the disc-shaped tank bottom 5 is called the media side 41. The membrane 3 and the can bottom 5 are oriented largely parallel and spaced apart along the longitudinal axis Z. The protection device 1 is thus arranged between the membrane 3 and the chamber volume 45, and the longitudinal axis Z of the sensor 2 corresponds to the longitudinal axis Z of the hollow-cylindrical tank wall 6.

In one embodiment, the protective device 1 and the sensor 2 are connected in a material-fit manner, for example by welding.

In another embodiment, the protective device 1 is connected to the sensor 2 in a non-positive manner, for example by a screw connection or a clamping element.

In another embodiment, the protective device 1 is connected to the sensor 2 in a form-fitting manner, for example by a snap connection.

The membrane 3, the tank bottom 5 and the tank wall 6 enclose a membrane-side volume, referred to as membrane volume 35.

At least one channel 7 is arranged in the pot bottom 5, through which the medium passes from the chamber volume 45 of the medium side 41 into the membrane volume 35 of the membrane side 31 in the state in which the protective device 1 has been mounted on the sensor 2. In the state in which the protection device 1 is mounted on the sensor 2, electromagnetic radiation can propagate in the channel 7.

According to the invention, the channel 7 in the tank bottom 5 of the protective device 1 is designed such that the electromagnetic radiation propagating in the channel 7 from the radiation source 9 in the chamber volume 45 reaches the membrane 3 only after at least one reflection on the channel wall 71.

There is no straight line connection through the channel 7 between a location on the membrane side 31 and a location on the media side 41.

Fig. 2 shows a first preferred embodiment of the protection device 1, which comprises a section along the longitudinal axis Z and has a radius R with a constant polar angle W. The pot bottom 5 has at least one channel 7 with a defined width B, which is shown in fig. 3, which channel 7 has a course in said cross-section similar to the letter v inclined by 90 °. The v-shaped course is given by a trajectory curve in the cross-section, which represents the center of the through-opening in the radial plane XY, which trajectory curve gives a radius R depending on the position of the longitudinal axis, which trajectory curve increases with the progression in the longitudinal direction Z to an extent exceeding the width B up to a point approximately in the center between the film side 31 of the can bottom 5 and the medium side 41 of the can bottom 5. And from a point approximately in the center between the film side 31 of the can bottom 5 and the media side 41 of the can bottom 5, the radius R of the trajectory curve is again reduced by an extent exceeding the width B. By means of this course of the trajectory profile, a straight-line connection between the membrane side 31 and the medium side 41 via the channel 7 is not possible. Electromagnetic radiation that is emitted straight from the radiation source 9 and propagates partly in the channel 7 reaches the membrane 3 only after at least one reflection on the channel wall 71.

The channel 7 describes, for each plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis Z, at a constant radius R, along the polar angle W, at least one circular arc whose central angle a is less than 355 °, as shown in fig. 3. The central angle a is the angle between two straight lines from the center point of the circle (the arc is a part of the circle) to the ends of the arc. If there are several channels on the same radius R, the sum of the central angles a of their circular arcs is less than 355 °. The remaining angle of at least 5 deg. not used by the arc of the channel 7 serves for the stabilization of the bottom 5 and prevents the bottom 5 from being divided into separate parts by the arc of the channel 7.

Preferably, a plurality of channels 7 are arranged in the tank bottom 5 in such a way that: so that the channels start with different radii R on the media side 41, are v-shaped along the longitudinal axis Z and end with different radii R on the membrane side 31, while the channel walls 71 of the different channels 7 do not touch each other. Thereby, the sum of the net profiles of the channels 7 is obtained at least on the membrane side 41 of the tank bottom 5 or on the medium side 41 of the tank bottom 5, such that the quotient of the sum of the net profiles of the channels 7 and the surface area of the membrane 3 is at least 0.25. The net profile of the channel 7 is the plane of the channel 7 projected onto a plane, for example the plane of the surface of the can bottom 5 projected onto the media side 41 or the membrane side 31.

In a preferred embodiment, the protective device 1 is preferably made of a metal or a metal alloy. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the protective device 1 is made of a metal or metal alloy that withstands temperatures above 500 ℃.

In another embodiment, the protection device 1 is made of ceramic, for example silicon nitride.

In a preferred embodiment, the protection device 1 is preferably made by selective laser sintering or selective laser melting, which method is based on the local melting of a powdered material, such as an alloy, a metal or a ceramic. The above-described complexly shaped channel 7 can be realized by applying the powdery material layer by layer and selectively melting it layer by layer.

Other manufacturing methods, such as laser metal deposition or direct metal deposition, can also be used by the person skilled in the art, in which case the metal powder is brought purposefully through a nozzle to a position and is melted on this position by a laser during transport.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, channel wall 71 of at least one channel 7 has a high arithmetic mean roughness value, referred to as mean roughness for short, of at least 5 μm, in accordance with DIN EN ISO4287: 2010. As a result, incident electromagnetic radiation is not only reflected, but also scattered. The directional specific gravity (i.e., reflection) of the reflected electromagnetic radiation is preferably less than 80%. Thereby, the specific gravity of the electromagnetic radiation reflected on the channel wall 71 and thus reaching the membrane side 31 from the medium side 41 is minimized and the influence of the electromagnetic radiation on the membrane 3 is reduced.

Fig. 4 shows a further preferred embodiment of the protective device 1 in a sectional view. For clarity, the sensor 2 is not hatched.

The protective device 1 is designed in the form of a tank with a disk-shaped tank bottom 5 and a hollow-cylindrical tank wall 6. The dish-shaped can bottom 5 has at least two parallel, superimposed, dish-shaped can bottom parts 34, 31 which are connected by material fit. At least one of the can bottom parts 34 has, on the side facing the other can bottom part 31, on the outer edge of the surface of the can bottom part 51, in the direction of the longitudinal axis Z, a tab-like projection 53 which is configured to completely surround the outer edge of the surface. The tab-like projection 53 is located on the respective other can bottom part 52. The can bottom parts 51, 52 are connected by a material fit along the tab-like projection 53, which material fit is shown in fig. 4 and 5 as a black triangle. By the presence of the tab-like projection 53 on the outer edge, the can bottom 5 has a volume between the can bottom parts 34, 31, which is referred to as the intermediate volume 55.

The tank wall 6 and the tank bottom 51 are formed in one piece or are connected in a material-fitting manner. The sensor 2 is arranged inside the protection device 1 in such a way that: i.e. such that the inner surface of the tank wall 6 is opposite the outer surface of the sensor 2 and the membrane 3 faces the membrane side 31 of the tank bottom 5.

The tank bottom part 51, 52 has a channel 7, which is arranged on the tank bottom part 51, 52 in such a way that: that is, the channel 7 together with the intermediate volume 55 has a substantially s-shaped course in at least one cross-sectional view of a cross-section parallel to the longitudinal axis Z. The position of the channel 7 of the tank bottom part 34, 52 and the dimensions of the projection 53 are chosen such that electromagnetic radiation propagating in the channel from the radiation source 9 arranged in the chamber volume 45 reaches the membrane 3 only after at least one reflection on the channel wall 71, as shown in fig. 5.

At least on the film side 31 of the can bottom 5 or the medium side 41 of the can bottom 5, the sum of the clear contours of the channels 7 is such that: i.e. the quotient of the sum of the net contours of the channels 7 and the surface area of the membrane 3 is at least 0.25, as shown in fig. 6.

In one embodiment, the protection device 1 is made by a machining manufacturing method. For example, the channel 7 can be made in a plurality of working steps by milling or drilling from different angles.

In one embodiment of the protective device 1, at least one channel wall 71 has a coating that absorbs electromagnetic radiation. The coating absorbs at least 10% of the incident intensity of the electromagnetic radiation, which means that the reflected intensity is reduced by at least 10% relative to the uncoated channel wall 71.

In another embodiment of the protection device 1, the channel wall 71 has a coating, which is an anti-adhesive coating. Due to the anti-adhesion coating, particles present in the medium adsorb less than 50% on the channel wall 71 than on the uncoated channel wall 71.

Of course, other arrangements of the channels 7 can be chosen by the person skilled in the art. It is possible to envisage: the channel 7 is not a circular arc in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis Z, but a straight line. It is also conceivable that the channel 7 has a rounded net profile.

Of course, the person skilled in the art can also configure the channel 7 such that it has a trajectory curve in a sectional plane parallel to the longitudinal axis Z: the trajectory curve is largely not s-shaped or v-shaped, but is formed such that the electromagnetic radiation of the radiation source 15 propagating in the channel 7 reaches the membrane 3 only after at least one reflection on the channel wall 71.

In a preferred embodiment, the sensor is a pressure sensor in which a piezoelectric measuring element is arranged. In the case of a pressure acting on the membrane, the membrane exerts a force on the piezoelectric measuring element, which generates a charge corresponding to the exerted force. This charge is converted by known electronic components and provided as a sensor signal.

List of reference numerals

1 protective device

2 sensor

3 film

4 mounting part

5 tank bottom

6 tank wall

7 channel

9 radiation source

31 film side

35 membrane side volume, membrane volume

Side of 41 Medium

45 chamber volume

51 tank bottom part

52 can bottom part

53 projection

55 intermediate volume

71 channel wall, wall of a channel

Angle of center A

Radius R

W polar angle

X first radial axis

Y second radial axis

Z longitudinal axis.