Fluid Conduit with Printed Sensors for Wireless Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Fluid conduits used in vehicles often lack integrated sensors to monitor critical operating parameters such as temperature, pressure, and fluid leakage, which can lead to disruptions and reduced reliability.
Innovation Solution
A fluid conduit with printed electronic sensors on its exterior wall that can wirelessly transmit operating parameters to a mobile device, including temperature, pressure, and leak detection, using a two-way communication system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If no sensors are attached to the fluid conduit, then the device complexity is low, but the reliability of monitoring operating parameters is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensing functions (temperature, pressure, flow, leakage detection) and wireless communication capabilities into an integrated sensor assembly that attaches to the fluid conduit. This merging approach enables comprehensive monitoring while maintaining relatively simple installation and operation, resolving the contradiction between monitoring reliability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor assembly performs multiple monitoring functions simultaneously - detecting temperature, pressure, flow rate, and leakage conditions through a single integrated device. This multi-functionality improves overall system reliability without requiring multiple separate sensors, thus addressing the technical contradiction effectively.
2Reliability
If physical probes or sensors are attached to monitor operating parameters, then the reliability of detecting disruptions is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is segmented into distinct functional modules within the sensor assembly - separate sensing elements for temperature, pressure, and flow detection, along with wireless communication capabilities. This segmentation allows each function to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system simplicity and ease of installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication module acts as an intermediary between the physical sensors and the remote monitoring system, transmitting data without requiring physical connections. This eliminates complex wiring while maintaining reliable data transmission, resolving the contradiction between detection reliability and device complexity.
3Measurement precision
If multiple sensors are integrated into the fluid conduit, then the measurement precision of operating parameters is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensing functions are merged into a single integrated sensor assembly that attaches to the fluid conduit. This approach achieves precise measurement of temperature, pressure, flow rate, and leakage conditions through coordinated sensing elements, while avoiding the complexity of multiple separate sensor installations.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure relates to fluid conduit that incorporates sensors printed on an exterior wall of the fluid conduit configured to sense an operating parameter of the fluid conduit. A wireless communication device communicatively connected to the printed electronic material is configured to wirelessly transmit the operating parameter to a mobile device.