Heating resistor type air flow meter with separate/processing unit
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakayuki Itsuji, Kaoru Uchiyama, Mitsukuni Tsutsui
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Abstract
A flow rate of air flowing through an air inlet pipe is detected by a heating resistor disposed therein and converted into an electric signal. A digital processing unit carries out calculation to judge whether or not the converted signal coincides with a predetermined temperature value and to correct the converted signal so that the same is caused to coincide with the predetermined value if both the values do not coincide with each other. The corrected signal is used to keep the heating resistor at the predetermined temperature. The digital processing unit is integrated with the air inlet pipe independently of a digital processing unit for engine control.
Claims14
A heating resistor type air flow meter which measures an air flow rate with use of a heating resistor provided in an inlet pipe, comprising a processing unit configured with a program to control temperature of said heating resistor and mounted to said inlet pipe wherein said processing unit comprises a memory storing data representing a relationship between a signal corresponding to an electrical current flowing through said heating resistor and the air flow rate corresponding thereto, and an additional processing unit operatively associated with an engine for direct control, thereof.
A heating resistor type air flow meter having a processing unit which outputs a signal corresponding to an air flow rate with use of a heating resistor provided in an inlet pipe, a substrate mounted to said inlet pipe, and means for maintaining said substrate at a substantially constant temperature, wherein said processing unit is mounted to said substrate.
A heating resistor type air flow meter having a processing unit which outputs a signal corresponding to an air flow rate with use of a heating resistor provided in an inlet pipe, a temperature controllable substrate mounted to said inlet pipe, and means for maintaining said substrate at a substantially constant temperature, wherein said processing unit is mounted to said substrate.
A heating resistor type air flow meter for an engine having a processing unit which outputs a signal corresponding to an air flow rate with use of a heating resistor provided in an inlet pipe, and a substrate mounted to said inlet pipe wherein said processing unit which is mounted to said substrate is sealed with glass, and an additional processing unit is operatively associated with the engine for directly controlling the engine.
A heating resistor type air flow meter for an engine having a processing unit which outputs a signal corresponding to an air flow rate, an additional processing unit for directly controlling the engine, a heating resistor operatively associated with said processing unit and provided in an inlet pipe, and a substrate mounted to said inlet pipe, wherein said processing unit, which outputs the signal corresponding to the air flow rate, is mounted to said substrate and is covered with lead.
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