# US 11,307,076 B2 · Vortex flowmeter

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- Number: US 11,307,076 B2
- Document ID: US11307076B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/644,829
- Filed: 2018-08-24
- Published: 2021-03-11
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-25
- Assignees: Ckd Corporation
- Applicants: Ckd Corporation
- Inventors: Yasushi Ohshima; Ryo Eguchi; Takaharu Matsuura; Yuki Sakaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307076B2

## CPC

- G01F 15/02: Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature
- G01F 1/32: using swirl flowmeters
- G01K 13/02: for measuring temperature of moving fluids or granular materials capable of flow
- G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00)

## Abstract

In this vortex flowmeter provided with a vortex generator and a flow rate measuring unit, a seal member is mounted on a temperature sensing element including a temperature sensor adhered with an adhesive to a metal temperature sensing case. The temperature sensing element is inserted into a first insertion hole formed in a body case so as to communicate with a body passage. A distal end surface of the temperature sensing element is arranged in either a position where the distal end surface is flush with the passage surface of the body passage formed in the body case or a position more outside than the passage surface in the radial direction of the body passage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vortex flowmeter comprising: a vortex generator; and a flow rate measuring unit placed downstream of the vortex generator and configured to detect a vortex generated by the vortex generator to measure a flow rate, the vortex flowmeter further comprising:
a temperature sensing element including a metal temperature sensing case and a temperature sensor adhered to the metal temperature sensing case with an adhesive;
a body case including: a body passage in which the vortex generator is placed; and an insertion hole in which the temperature sensing element is inserted, the insertion hole located upstream of the vortex generator, and the body passage and the insertion hole communicating with each other; and
a seal member mounted to seal between the temperature sensing element and an inner wall of the insertion hole, and
wherein the temperature sensing element inserted in the insertion hole further includes a distal end face located close to the body passage, the distal end face being placed at either a position where the distal end face is flush with a passage surface of the body passage or a position more outside than the passage surface of the body passage in a radial direction of the body passage, so that a fluid flows through the body passage while contacting the distal end of the temperature sensing element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vortex flowmeter according to claim 1, wherein
the temperature sensing case includes an accommodating hole configured to accommodate the temperature sensor, the accommodating hole extending in an axial direction of the temperature sensing case, and
the temperature sensor is adhered in contact with an inner wall of the accommodating hole of the accommodating hole.