US 12,007,252 B2
Temperature and pressure sensors and methods
Chengying Xu, Tallahassee, FL (US); Amanda Schrand, Eglin AFB, FL (US); and Reamonn Soto, Daytona Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US); and Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed by The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US); and Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/896,530.
Application 16/896,530 is a division of application No. 15/863,150, filed on Jan. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,845,211.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/443,103, filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0363234 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. G01D 3/08 (2006.01); G01K 7/32 (2006.01); G01K 7/34 (2006.01); G01L 9/00 (2006.01); G01L 9/10 (2006.01); G01L 19/04 (2006.01); H01F 17/00 (2006.01); H01F 41/04 (2006.01); H01G 11/22 (2013.01)
CPC G01D 3/08 (2013.01) [G01K 7/32 (2013.01); G01K 7/343 (2013.01); G01L 9/007 (2013.01); G01L 9/0075 (2013.01); G01L 9/105 (2013.01); G01L 19/04 (2013.01); H01F 17/0006 (2013.01); H01F 41/041 (2013.01); H01G 11/22 (2013.01); G01K 2211/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressure sensor comprising:
a disk-shaped polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) nanocomposite structure comprising walls that define an internal cavity having a first cavity surface and an opposed second cavity surface; and
a ceramic coil inductor disposed on an outer surface of the PDC nanocomposite structure having a first end plate, a coil portion extending circumferentially from the first end plate, and a second end plate, wherein the PDC nanocomposite structure is disposed between the first and second end plates,
wherein the ceramic coil inductor is formed of a ceramic composite that comprises carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, or a combination thereof dispersed in a ceramic matrix, and
wherein the first and second cavity surfaces are spaced a distance from one another.