Air flow meter for internal combustion engines and a manufacturing method thereof
US5201216A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F5/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A detecting module for an air flow meter for internal combustion engines has an arm provided with a heat wire sensor at one end thereof and with a signal processing unit at the other end, and is provided with a predetermined constant length. A body member assembled with the detecting module is selected from among several varieties of body members produced for engines with different stroke volumes, each of which has an main air path formed by an axial bore having a diameter commensurate with the stroke volume. A bridging member formed across the axial bore which forms the main air path is provided therein with a by-pass path for by-passing a part of the airflow within the main air path and a communicating hollow portion for accommodating the arm. The body member is further provided with a mount for fixing the detecting module, thereon, the height of which is different in each variety of the body members, so that the heat wire sensor is always placed in a predetermined metering area within the by-pass path, irrespective of the diameter of the axial bore forming the main air path, when the arm is accommodated in the hollow portion.
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