Patent ID: 7000478

Claim:
A combination pressure and temperature transducer particularly adapted for use with high temperature fluid comprising: an elongated tubular metallic probe member having first and second open ends and having mounting structure for mounting the probe member in a bore of a side wall of a conduit defining a fluid flow path, a metallic sensing element defining a pressure sensitive diaphragm received at and closing the first end of the probe member, piezo-resistive strain gauges bonded to the diaphragm within the probe member, a first heat resistant printed circuit board (PCB) mounted on the probe member adjacent to the sensing element, the first PCB having electrical circuit paths and the strain gauges wire bonded to the electrical circuit paths to form a Wheatstone bridge, an inner connector mounted in the tubular probe member and extending out beyond the second end of the probe member to an upper end, a second printed circuit board (PCB) disposed at the upper end of the inner connector, the second PCB having electrical circuit paths and mounting signal conditioning and amplifying electronics, the inner connector including a plurality of elongated, axial strain absorbing contact members, each contact member having a first end portion electrically engaging electrical circuit paths of the first PCB, and a second end portion electrically engaging electrical circuit paths of the second PCB, and an outside connector and housing assembly to which the probe member is attached forming an enclosure for the second PCB and providing an electrical interface with the transducer.