Patent ID: 8776593
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid flow meter pressure vessel assembly comprising: (a) an interior housing having sidewalls and an internal chamber, said sidewalls of said interior housing having a first aperture and a second aperture that are each in fluid communication with said internal chamber, said interior housing comprising plastic; and (b) an exterior ring structure encompassing at least a portion of an exterior of said sidewalls of said interior housing, said exterior ring structure comprising a first conduit and a second conduit, said first conduit being in fluid communication with said first aperture of said interior housing, said second conduit being in fluid communication with said second aperture of said interior housing, said first conduit and said second conduit each independently extending outwardly from said exterior ring structure, said exterior ring structure comprising metal, wherein said interior housing and said exterior ring structure are attached to each other, said exterior ring structure is a unitary ring structure, and said exterior ring structure defines a third aperture that extends vertically through the exterior ring structure from a first surface of the exterior ring structure through a second surface of the exterior ring structure, wherein the interior housing extends through the third aperture of the exterior ring structure so that a portion of the interior housing is exposed beyond the first surface and second surface of the exterior ring structure.