Patent ID: 9234807
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G01K

Claim Text:
1. A measuring probe that can be inserted into device opening of a device for routing a flowing medium, the measuring probe comprising: a sensor element; and a housing holding the sensor element, wherein the housing has a curved outer circumferential line perpendicular to an insertion direction of the housing into the device; wherein the housing comprises a latch configured to latch the measuring probe to the device in different optional rotational orientations around the insertion direction; wherein the housing has a first group of openings and a second group of openings arranged in the housing for the medium to enter and leave the housing; wherein the first group of openings is separated from the second group of openings by a first shielding element located on a first side of the housing and by a second shielding element located on a second side of the housing opposite the first side of the housing; wherein the first and second shielding elements are formed as contiguous parts of the housing, extend along the insertion direction and are arranged to partially block the medium from entering the housing from the first side and second side of the housing; wherein the openings of the first and second group of openings extend along the curved outer circumferential line of the housing perpendicular to the insertion direction such that the medium is partially enabled to enter the housing from at least one of the first side and second side of the housing.