Patent ID: 6349735
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a pressure monitoring assembly comprising:providing an isolation valve assembly comprising: a rigid manifold having a first pressure inlet port, a first pressure outlet port, a second pressure inlet port and a second pressure outlet port, the first pressure outlet port and the second pressure outlet port being aligned in a parallel relationship with an outlet port spacing between the first pressure outlet port and the second pressure outlet port; a first isolation valve adjustable between an opened position in which the first pressure inlet port is in fluid communication with the first pressure outlet port and a closed position in which flow in the rigid manifold from the first pressure inlet port to the first pressure outlet port is stopped; and a second isolation valve adjustable between an opened position in which the second pressure inlet port is in fluid communication with the second pressure outlet port and a closed position in which flow in the rigid manifold from the second pressure inlet port to the second pressure outlet port is stopped; positioning the isolation valve assembly on an underlying planar surface with the first and second pressure outlet ports defining axes extending parallel to the underlying planar surface; providing a pressure sensor assembly comprising: a first pressure sensor port; and a second pressure sensor port rigidly secured relative to the first pressure sensor port, the first pressure sensor port and the second pressure sensor port being aligned in a parallel relationship with a sensor port spacing between the first pressure sensor port and the second pressure sensor port, wherein the sensor port spacing equals the outlet port spacing; positioning the pressure sensor assembly on the underlying planar surface such that the first and second pressure sensor ports define axes which are aligned colinear with respective axes of the first and second pressure outlet ports; sliding the pressure sensor assembly and the isolation valve assembly toward one another on the underlying planar surface; releasably securing the first pressure outlet port to the first pressure sensor port in a pressure tight manner; and releasably securing the second pressure outlet port to the second pressure sensor port in a pressure tight manner.