Patent ID: 8664832
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F03G,H01L,H02N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mechanical temperature compensation element for use as a compensation element for heat expansion that occurs primarily in an axial direction and that is orthogonal to a radial direction, comprising: a flat element having a first heat expansion coefficient; a housing having a second heat expansion coefficient different from said first heat expansion coefficient; a linkage device, inclined in relation to said flat element, which mechanically connects said flat element and said housing such that a diagonal of the linkage device extends from a first contact point to a second contact point, said first contact point being located farther in the axial direction from the housing than the second contact point; and wherein, upon an increase in temperature, said flat element expands radially, forcing said linkage device to move radially and increasing the separation, in the axial direction, of the first and second contact points, whereby said radial expansion by said flat element is converted to movement in the axial direction, which raises or lowers said housing depending on the temperature of the temperature compensation element.