Patent ID: 7985021
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A probe comprising: a sensing element, a carrier for the sensing element, the carrier comprising an integrated device for guiding an air stream to the sensing element, the carrier having at least one first air inlet, comprising a first pass-through opening and at least one second air inlet comprising a second pass-through opening, the first and second pass-through openings being on opposite sides of the carrier, the carrier having a long axis perpendicular to a plane, the long axis being defined by the flow direction of the air stream, at least a first shield device transverse to the direction of the air stream at the first air inlet to constrict the incoming air stream, at least a second shield device transverse to the direction of the air stream at the second air inlet to constrict the exiting air stream, wherein the first and second shield devices are mirror-symmetric relative to the plane; and wherein the probe and the carrier are substantially mirror-symmetric with respect to the plane that is perpendicular to the long axis defined by the flow direction of the air stream such that the first pass-through opening and the second pass-through opening are disposed on opposite sides of the carrier in a mirror-symmetric arrangement relative to the plane that is perpendicular to the long axis defined by the flow direction of the air stream.