Device for measuring the mass of a flowing medium

A device for measuring a flow rate of an aspirated air medium in an internal combustion engine, comprising an elongated housing with a longitudinal axis, said housing has a measuring conduit through which the medium flows and in which a temperature-dependent sensor element is disposed, said sensor element has at least one temperature-dependent measuring resistor, and a flow temperature-dependent temperature resistor is provided to compensate for a temperature of the flowing medium, the temperature-dependent temperature resistor (86) is disposed outside the measurement conduit (20), relative to an outer face (84) of the housing (15) which extends approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis (10), said temperature-dependent temperature resistor (86) is spaced apart from the outer face (84), and the housing (15) on a side directed toward the temperature-dependent temperature resistor (86) is at right angles to the longitudinal axis (10) and extends in a region of the temperature-dependent temperature resistor (86) only as far as the outer face (84), electrical retaining means (88) are provided on the housing (15), and electrical connection wires (92, 93) of the temperature-resistor (86) are connected to the retaining means (88).