Heating resistor type flow measuring device

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein said support is composed of each layer of plastic, metal plate, plastic in order from the side near said fluid passage, and the thickness of said layers are 1.0–2.0 mm, 1.0–2.5 mm, and 1.0 mm–5.0 mm, respectively.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein said housing frame has a metal base on which said electronic circuit is fixed, and an insulated layer is provided between said metal base and said metal plates in said support part.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, said measuring device further comprising:
• said metal plate having a metal base with a smooth side where said electronic circuit is fixed, which is integrated with said support part, and
• an insulated layer of which the width substantially corresponds to the section in said housing frame body, and between said metal bases,
• wherein a sub-intake air passage and the electronic circuit are inserted from a rectangular hole provided to a fluid passage structural member which forms an intake air passage, and said support part is fixed.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, said measuring device further comprising:
• a cover to protect the interior of said electronic circuit,
• wherein an interval of a plastic molding from said metal plate integrated with said support part to the bonding ditch of said cover is 5 mm–20 mm.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein said connector terminal to connect electrically to the external equipment which penetrates through said frame body has a part where the width is thinned in the plastic thick wall part provided to said frame of said housing.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein the interval of a plastic molding from said metal plate, which composes, said support part to a metal base in said frame body part is 5 mm–20 mm.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein an interval from a rectangular hole provided to said fluid passage structural member which forms said intake air passage to a metal base is 0.5 mm–1.0 mm.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein a clearance is provided within the distance of a plastic molding from said metal plate which composes said support part to said metal base.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than a material of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the material of the main structural member of said housing is plastic, and said material with high rigidity is a metal plate and, wherein a seal member is installed in the space between said support part and a fluid passage structural member, said seal member is prevented dropping out in the clearance of the plastic molding between said support part and a metal base, and an insulated layer is formed with the plastic molding having the thin wall part and said seal member.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than the material of a main structural member of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein the temperature sensitive resistor or the intake temperature sensor to measurer the intake temperature or the both are fixed to the detection element support terminal, as well as flow rate detection element connected electrically to said electronic circuit and fixed to said housing, including said heating resistor.

A heating resistor type flow measuring device comprising:

• a housing having a support part provided between a frame body and a connector and connected to the mounting part of a fluid passage,
• a flow rate detection element held on the frame body side of the housing, and
• an electronic circuit held on the housing and connected electrically to the flow rate detection element and the connector,
• wherein
• the electronic circuit is held on the inside of the frame body of the housing and positioned in the fluid passage,
• a member with the rigidity higher than the material of a main structural member of the housing is formed integrally with the support part,
• the housing is fixed to the fluid passage through the member with high rigidity, wherein a sub-intake air passage where said flow rate detection element is built in is provided to the frame body of said housing, and a temperature sensitive resistor and a intake temperature sensor are arranged in the vicinity of the upstream entrance in a sub-intake air passage.