Patent ID: 9021893
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G01F,G01P

Abstract:
1. A high survivability fluid flow sensor, comprising: a sensor housing defining an interior space; a sensor cap disposed on the sensor housing and closing the interior space, the sensor cap having a probe port formed therein; a sensor probe having a first end mounted to the sensor housing and disposed within the interior space, and a second end opposite the first end and extending away from the sensor cap outside the interior space, the sensor probe extending through the probe port in the sensor cap, the sensor probe has a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and the sensor probe has a side surface within the interior space that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis; and at least one load cell disposed within the interior space and operatively engaged with the side surface of the sensor probe, the at least one load cell is configured to detect loading on the sensor probe as a result of fluid flow impinging on the sensor probe adjacent to the second end.