Patent attributes
A multi-parametric transducer is provided. In one aspect of the invention, the multi-parametric transducer includes an enclosure having an inner bore that defines a port, an inner chamber coaxial with the inner bore and disposed in the enclosure, and a sensing tube surrounding at least a portion of the inner chamber. The transducer further includes a temperature probe having a resistive temperature device (RTD) element disposed in a reinforced sheath at a measurement end of the transducer. The reinforced sheath is configured as a flow force sensing beam having a first end that extends through the sensing tube toward a signal end of the transducer and a second end that extends through the port outside the enclosure toward the measurement end of the transducer. A flow sensor is provided with measuring portions positioned on the sensing tube along a flow sensing axis that is substantially parallel to the media flow axis that provides a signal indicative of the media flow rate at the measurement end of the reinforced sheath.
