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Granted Patent B2
US 12,270,716 · App. 17/698,459 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Sensor device

Inventor: Miki Yazawa (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: KOA CORPORATION
G01K7/24G01K1/08H01C1/022H01C7/021
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Patent No.
US 12,270,716
App. No.
17/698,459
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor device according to the present invention includes: a sensor element including a temperature-sensitive resistor; and a protective cover that protects the sensor element, wherein the sensor element has a shape extending long along one direction, and the protective cover surrounds a periphery of the sensor element with a plurality of support pillars extending obliquely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the sensor element. It is preferable that the plurality of support pillars intersect in a lattice-like manner.

Claims (18)

1. A sensor device comprising:

a sensor element, which measures wind speed, including a temperature-sensitive resistor; and

a protective cover that protects the sensor element,

wherein the sensor element has a shape extending long along one direction,

wherein the temperature-sensitive resistor is formed along an entire circumferential direction about a centerline extending in the one direction, and

wherein the protective cover surrounds a periphery of the sensor element with a plurality of support pillars extending obliquely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the sensor element, allowing omni-directional wind speed detection in the circumferential direction.

2. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support pillars intersect in a lattice-like manner.

3. The sensor device according to claim 2 , wherein intersections where the plurality of support pillars intersect, deviate from a center of the sensor element in a side view at each of all angles to a circumferential direction.

4. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the support pillars is smaller than a longitudinal length of the sensor element.

5. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein a length from an outside to an inside of each of the support pillars is larger than a width of each of the support pillars.

6. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the support pillars is formed so as to have a protrusion-shaped section in which a width gradually decreases from an inside to an outside.

7. The sensor device according to claim 1 , wherein the protective cover includes a storage unit in which a substrate supporting the sensor element is stored, in a lower end of the support pillars.

8. A sensor device comprising:

a sensor element, which measures wind speed, including a temperature-sensitive resistor; and

a protective cover that protects the sensor element,

wherein the sensor element is supported by a substrate,

wherein the temperature-sensitive resistor is formed along an entire circumferential direction of the sensor element, and

wherein the protective cover surrounds a periphery of the sensor element with a plurality of support pillars extending obliquely with respect to a direction in which the sensor element is placed as viewed from the substrate, allowing omni-directional wind speed detection in the circumferential direction.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060660 FRAME: 0248. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: YAZAWA, MIKI
To: KOA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061301/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2022
From: YAZAWA, MIKI
To: CORPORATION, KOA
Reel/Frame 060660/0248 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-049692 · Mar 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220307918A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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