Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow rate measurement device
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Application No.: US16085084Application Date: 2016-12-15
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Publication No.: US10591330B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Kazuki Shiota , Kenji Yasuda , Ryuji Iwamoto , Yuji Fujii , Yasuo Koba
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2016-065338 20160329
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/005142 WO 20161215
- International Announcement: WO2017/168480 WO 20171005
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; G05F1/46 ; H03K5/24 ; G01R19/175

Abstract:
Flow rate measurement is performed with a propagation time by using a pair of ultrasonic wave oscillators which is provided in flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows, and is disposed so as to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave signal by causing the ultrasonic wave signal to be reflected on an inner wall of flow path at least once. In addition, adjustment of an amplification rate is periodically performed by amplifier, which amplifies the ultrasonic wave signal received by each of the ultrasonic wave oscillators to a predetermined amplitude, and a difference between a previous amplification rate and a current amplification rate is a predetermined value or more, and the instantaneous flow rate calculated by flow rate calculation unit is a predetermined flow rate or less, the reference voltage is adjusted by reference voltage setting unit. With the configuration, the propagation time can be stably measured and deterioration of the maximum amplitude is prevented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190078918A1 FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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