US 11,940,308 B2
Insert forming an ultrasonic channel for a fluid meter and including reflector mirrors and a flow stabilizer
Pierre-Olivier Jandaud, Macon (FR); Soufiane Zbidi, Macon (FR); Clara Lefaucheux, Macon (FR); Jeremy Masson, Macon (FR); Leo Meyer, Macon (FR); and Abdel-Hakim Elattar, Macon (FR)
Assigned to ITRON GLOBAL SARL, Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed by Itron Global SARL, Liberty Lake, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,886, filed on Dec. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178728 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 1/66 (2022.01); G01F 1/663 (2022.01); G01F 1/667 (2022.01)
CPC G01F 1/663 (2013.01) [G01F 1/662 (2013.01); G01F 1/667 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insert to affect fluid flow in a water meter, comprising:
an upper portion of the insert, comprising:
a central mirror;
a lower portion of the insert, comprising:
an upstream mirror; and
a downstream mirror; and
a flow stabilizer connected to at least one of the upper portion or the lower portion, the flow stabilizer comprising:
a conically-shaped center portion; and
at least three blades connected to the conically-shaped center portion;
wherein:
the upper portion and the lower portion are each molded in a single piece; and
the upstream mirror and the downstream mirror are overmolded to respective areas of the lower portion of the insert.