Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Airflow velocity measuring apparatus and airflow rate measuring apparatus
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Application No.: US16774401Application Date: 2020-01-28
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Publication No.: US11243223B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Akihiro Kitamura
- Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagaokakyo
- Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagaokakyo
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-152066 20170805
- Main IPC: G01P5/12
- IPC: G01P5/12 ; G01F1/69 ; G01F15/04 ; G01K7/22 ; G01K7/16

Abstract:
An airflow velocity measuring apparatus that includes a fixed-temperature heat generating device. The fixed-temperature heat generating device includes a power supply, a positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor element, a switching element, a comparator element, a first negative-temperature-coefficient thermistor element, a second negative-temperature-coefficient thermistor element, and plural resistor elements. The positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor element is disposed at a measuring point at which the velocity of airflow is measured. The switching element is repeatedly turned ON and OFF so as to cause the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor element to generate heat at a preset temperature, thereby applying a pulse voltage from the power supply to the positive-temperature-coefficient thermistor element. The airflow velocity measuring apparatus measures the velocity of airflow at the measuring point based on the waveform of this pulse voltage. Adding of a second switch makes it possible to correct measurement errors caused by a rise or a fall in the temperature of subject airflow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200166535A1 AIRFLOW VELOCITY MEASURING APPARATUS AND AIRFLOW RATE MEASURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-05-28
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