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Granted Patent B2
US 12,320,724 · App. 17/416,323 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Shaped body and method for producing a shaped body

Inventors: Srdan Vasic (Stetten, CH); Rafael Schmitt (Stetten, CH)
Assignee: Exentis Knowledge GmbH
G01L9/0041B28B1/001B33Y10/00B33Y80/00G01L9/0075C04B35/111C04B2235/6026G01L9/0044G01L9/0047
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Patent No.
US 12,320,724
App. No.
17/416,323
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Shaped body, in particular for a pressure sensor, having a membrane and having a supporting section supporting the membrane, the membrane being produced at least in sections from a ceramic material by means of additive manufacturing, in particular 3D screen printing, and having at least in sections a thickness of less than 0.5 mm.

Claims (21)

1. A shaped body ( 10 ) for a pressure sensor, having a membrane ( 12 ) and having a supporting section ( 14 ) supporting the membrane ( 12 ), the membrane ( 12 ) being produced at least in sections from a ceramic material by additive manufacturing, and having at least in sections a thickness of more than 0.1 mm and of less than 0.5 mm, and wherein the membrane ( 12 ) and the supporting section ( 14 ) are each generated from a plurality of printed layers, wherein:

the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the membrane ( 12 ) is less than 18 mm,

in a cross-section of the supporting section ( 14 ), the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the supporting section ( 14 ) is less than 25 mm, and

the supporting section ( 14 ) is produced, in a region adjacent to the membrane ( 12 ) in the circumferential direction, from layers which merge into layers of the membrane ( 12 ) without interruption.

2. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) has, at least in sections, a thickness of less than 0.4 mm.

3. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the supporting section ( 14 ) is produced at least in sections from a ceramic material by additive manufacturing, and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) and the supporting section ( 14 ) are each produced completely from a ceramic material and/or in that the materials of the membrane ( 12 ) and of the supporting section ( 14 ) differ from one another and/or in that the materials of the membrane ( 12 ) and of the supporting section ( 14 ) have an identical base material and/or other auxiliary materials.

4. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) and the supporting section ( 14 ) are produced in one piece and/or form a monolithic body and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) and/or the supporting section ( 14 ) are produced entirely by means of 3 D screen printing and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) is produced free of mechanical finishing operations, and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) and/or the supporting section ( 14 ) is produced exclusively by means of 3D screen printing.

5. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) is produced from a number of at least 3 layers and/or from 15 layers at most.

6. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one printed layer of the membrane ( 12 ) has a smaller thickness than a printed layer of the supporting section ( 14 ).

7. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the supporting section ( 14 ) has, in a region ( 22 ) adjacent to the membrane ( 12 ) in the circumferential direction, layer thicknesses which correspond to the layer thicknesses of the membrane ( 12 ).

8. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) is designed to be fluid-tight, and/or in that the thickness and/or the material of the membrane ( 12 ) and/or the number and/or thickness of the layers of the membrane ( 12 ) is selected to achieve fluid-tight-properties.

9. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) has, at least in sections, a rounded outer circumferential shape and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) has an outer circumferential shape with at least one corner, and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) has a quadrangular, rectangular, square, triangular, pentagonal or hexagonal outer circumferential shape.

10. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the supporting section ( 14 ) has an inner peripheral shape corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the membrane ( 12 ), and/or in that the supporting section ( 14 ) has an inner peripheral shape corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the supporting section ( 14 ), and/or in that the inner circumferential shape of the supporting section ( 14 ) differs from the outer circumferential shape of the supporting section ( 14 ) and/or in that the supporting section ( 14 ) has portions with different inner circumferential shapes and/or inner circumferential dimensions along a longitudinal extension.

11. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the membrane ( 12 ) is defined by a diameter or by a diagonal of the membrane ( 12 ).

12. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the supporting section ( 14 ) is defined by a diameter or by a diagonal.

13. The shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the membrane ( 12 ) has a height and/or thickness structuring and/or that the membrane ( 12 ) has variations in thickness and/or in extension in the height direction ( 24 ) and/or in that the membrane ( 12 ) has portions with different thicknesses and/or with different thicknesses and/or extensions in the height direction and/or in that several membranes ( 12 a , 12 b ) being separated from one another are provided.

14. A pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of fluids, having a shaped body ( 10 ) according to claim 1 and having an electrical arrangement by means of which a deformation of the membrane ( 12 ) of the shaped body ( 10 ) can be detected.

15. A method for producing a shaped body ( 10 ), according to claim 1 , in which a membrane ( 12 ) having a thickness of more than 0.1 mm and of less than 0.5 mm and a supporting section ( 14 ) supporting the membrane ( 12 ) are produced at least in sections by means of 3D screen printing, wherein the membrane ( 12 ) and the supporting section ( 14 ) are each generated from a plurality of printed layers, wherein:

the supporting section ( 14 ) is produced, in a region adjacent to the membrane ( 12 ) in the circumferential direction, from layers which merge into layers of the membrane ( 12 ) without interruption,

the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the membrane ( 12 ) is less than 18 mm, and

in a cross-section of the supporting section ( 14 ), the greatest possible distance between two points lying on the outer circumference of the supporting section ( 14 ) is less than 25 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: VASIC, SRDAN; SCHMITT, RAFAEL
To: EXENTIS KNOWLEDGE GMBH
Reel/Frame 057819/0235 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18215757 · Dec 21, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220082463A1 · Mar 17, 2022
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