US 12,235,017 B2
Bearing component for flow sensor, flow metering unit and domestic appliance
Michael Grobe, Hoexter (DE); and Steffen Klie, Lobach (DE)
Assigned to STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & CO. KG, Holzminden (DE)
Appl. No. 17/436,890
Filed by STIEBEL ELTRON GMBH & CO. KG, Holzminden (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/055169
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/178141, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019001529.0 (DE), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163233 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. F24H 1/10 (2022.01); F24H 3/02 (2022.01); F24H 9/20 (2022.01); F24H 15/238 (2022.01); G01F 1/06 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24H 1/10 (2013.01) [F24H 3/02 (2013.01); F24H 9/2028 (2013.01); F24H 15/238 (2022.01); G01F 1/06 (2013.01); G01F 15/006 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing component of a flow sensor of a domestic appliance, the flow sensor having an axle that is substantially perpendicular in an installed state to a flow direction of a fluid channel of the domestic appliance, the bearing component comprising:
at least two interconnected limbs that are integrally formed as a single part; and
two oppositely disposed axle mounts that are mutually spaced apart in such a way that they correspond to an extension of the axle of the flow sensor in one condition of the bearing component;
wherein the two limbs are designed to be elastic such that spacing between the axle mounts can be increased in order to insert the flow sensor between the axle mounts,
wherein one of the axle mounts is attached to one of the limbs and the other of the axles mounts is attached oppositely to the other of the limbs, and wherein the limbs correspond in a relaxed condition of the bearing component to an extension of the axle of the flow sensor,
wherein the two limbs are connected at a first end and at an opposite second end, wherein the axle mounts are formed substantially in a middle between the first end and the second end in such a way that the spacing between the axle mounts is increased when a compressing force is exerted between the first end and the second end.