Metal cup pressure transducer with a support having a plurality of thermal expansion coefficients

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PATENT NO 5315110
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08085068

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An optical interferometer is provided for measuring downhole pressures by detecting a distance across a gap of an optical transmission pathway. The optical interferometer includes a pressure responsive member which, in response to downhole wellbore pressures, alters the distance between a light reflector and a lens. A partially reflective coating is deposited upon the pressure responsive member, which provides the light reflector, and the lens. The optical interferometer further includes a plurality of support members for the lens, with at least one of the plurality of support members having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from another support member so that when heated to downhole temperatures, thermal expansion of the support members will result in mutually offsetting displacements so that thermal expansion of the support members will not affect the gap over a range of downhole wellbore temperatures.

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VETCO GRAY CONTROLS LIMITEDBRISTOL BS48 1BS

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Smith, J Douglas Houston, TX 7 248

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