US 12,436,039 B2
Thermocouple sensor assembly
Dale Eugene Dutcher, Kingwood, TX (US); and Michael Strebel, League City, TX (US)
Assigned to Wika Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG, Klingenberg (DE)
Filed by WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG, Klingenberg/Main (DE)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,754.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,855, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,579, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0196484 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G01K 7/02 (2021.01); G01K 1/08 (2021.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.01); H10N 10/10 (2023.01); H10N 10/17 (2023.01); H10N 10/80 (2023.01)
CPC G01K 7/02 (2013.01) [G01K 1/08 (2013.01); H10N 10/01 (2023.02); H10N 10/10 (2023.02); H10N 10/17 (2023.02); H10N 10/80 (2023.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure comprising:
a thermocouple assembly for surface temperature measurement on a surface of the structure, the thermocouple assembly comprising:
a sheathed thermocouple sensor cable;
a positioning pad to receive and/or secure a thermocouple sensor end of the thermocouple sensor cable at a desired measuring point;
a shielding that covers a portion of each of the thermocouple sensor cable and the positioning pad; and
an insulation body provided inside of the shielding,
wherein the positioning pad is mechanically connected to the shielding,
wherein a continuous weld along a full length of at least one side of the shielding is provided where the shielding is welded to the surface of the structure,
wherein the shielding has at least one recessed portion and the positioning pad has at least one protruding portion that is received within the at least one recessed portion, and
wherein the weld covers and seals the at least one recessed portion and the at least one protruding portion that is received therein.