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Air flow detector for engine control unit

US5415029A · kind A · utility

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31Claims
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Filing dateMar 18, 1993
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F5/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An exothermic resistor type air flow detector according to the invention is compact and requires no special radiation structure. A control circuit comprised of a transistor T and a differential amplifier are formed with an exothermal resistor Rh on an insulated substrate 2, which is placed in an air passage in which air current is to be measured.

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