Closure Element Integrating Electrical Sensor for Bore Measurement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing closure elements for bores in engines lack the ability to integrate electrical components for measurement, data transmission, and analysis without compromising assembly or sealing reliability, especially when the plug needs to be pressed open from the outside, which is not feasible during motor drilling.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an electrical element, such as a sensor or transducer, into the expanding body of the closure element, which is pressed into a sleeve-shaped base body, allowing for signal transmission and reception while maintaining a permanent seal and mechanical integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a multi-part seal with an inner step is used to accommodate electronic components, then the sensor can be housed within the plug, but the plug must be pressed apart outside the bore which is not feasible during motor drilling
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical element is nested within the expanding body of the closure element. The expanding body is pressed into the sleeve-shaped base body, creating a nested structure where the electrical element is housed within the closure element itself, eliminating the need for separate housing structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The closure element is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides sealing, fastening, and housing for electrical elements. The expanding body serves both as a mechanical fastening component and as a protective housing for the electrical element, combining multiple functions into a single integrated structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If electrical elements are integrated into the closure element, then measurement and data transmission functions are added, but the assembly complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical element is merged with the closure element by integrating it into the expanding body. The housing of the electrical element is formed as part of the expanding body structure, combining the sealing, fastening, and electrical component housing functions into a single integrated assembly.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional sensor installation techniques (screwed or plugged in) are used, then sensors can be installed, but the fit is not permanently tight and reliability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical element is merged with the closure element through the integrating it into the expanding body structure. The expanding body, when pressed into the base body, creates a permanently tight fit that securely holds the electrical element, eliminating the need for separate mounting hardware and improving reliability.
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AI summary
An element is provided in particular as a closure element or fastening element for inserting into a bore (12) in a component (11), such as into a bore in an engine, a valve block, a hydraulic unit or a container. At least one electric element (20) which is arranged in the element (10) or on the element (70) is provided, wherein each electric element (20) transmits and/or receives electric signals. In the fitted state, the electric element (20) is advantageously positioned in such a manner that said electric element is adjacent to the chamber (12') formed in the bore (12) and is therefore in contact, for measuring purposes or the like, with the medium contained in the bore (12). In addition to the actual sealing and/or fastening function, said element can therefore be used to undertake one or more measurements, etc.