Mass-flow sensor

US5452610A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Josef Kleinhans · Ludwigsburg, DE
• Uwe Konzelmann · Asperg, DE
• Eckart Reihlen · Reutlingen, DE
• Botho Ziegenbein · Reutlingen, DE
• Jiri Marek · Reutlingen, DE
• Frank Bantien · Ditzingen, DE
• Guenther Findler · Stuttgart, DE
• Michael Offenberg · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 26, 1995
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F1/6845
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A mass-flow sensor includes a measuring element on a membrane and a media-temperature measuring element on a separate membrane. By configuring the media-temperature measuring element on a membrane, the mass-flow sensor quickly reacts to changes in the temperature of the flowing medium.