SENSORS WITH MODULAR THREADED PACKAGING
A modular piezoelectric sensor system, wherein the system comprises: a sensor pod including at least one standard sensor interface; and a plurality of different mounting adapters that include different external mounting interfaces wherein each mounting adapter has at least one complementary standard sensor interface.
1 . A system for installing a piezoelectric sensor, the system comprising:
a sensor pod including at least one standard sensor interface; and
a plurality of different mounting adapters that include different external mounting interfaces, wherein each mounting adapter has at least one complementary standard sensor interface.
2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of sensor pods with the same standard sensor interface wherein different sensor pods are capable of measuring different output sensitivities.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the output sensitivities range from 1 to 1000 mV/g.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the mounting adapters is shaped like a block.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the mounting adapters has a hexagonal interface.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the mounting adapters is designed to hold more than one sensor pod.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the mounting adapters is designed to hold three sensor pods in a triaxial configuration.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor pod includes a transducer and signal conditioning electronics.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the sensor pod has an IEPE sensor design.
10 . A modular system of piezoelectric sensors, the system comprising:
a plurality of sensor pods with varying sensitivities wherein each sensor pod includes at least one standard sensor interface; and
a mounting adapter with an external mounting interface and at least one complementary standard sensor interface.
11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of different mounting adapters that include different external mounting interfaces wherein each mounting adapter has at least one complementary standard sensor interface.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the output sensitivities range from 1 to 1000 mV/g.
13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the output sensitivities range from 1 to 25 pC/g.
14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the mounting adapter has a hexagonal external interface.
15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the mounting adapter is designed to hold more than one sensor pod.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the mounting adapter is designed to hold three sensor pods in a triaxial configuration.
17 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the sensor pod includes a transducer and signal conditioning electronics.
18 . A method of providing a plurality of piezoelectric sensors with different mounting interfaces comprising:
manufacturing a plurality of sensor pods each with the same standard sensor interface; and
manufacturing a plurality of mounting adapters with different external interfaces but each with a complementary standard sensor interface.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of sensor pods includes sensor pods with varying sensitivities.
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of sensor pods includes sensor pods designed to detect different measurable effects.