| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080295575 | GAS FLOWMETER AND ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - In a gas flowmeter in which a rod and a sensor element are formed as a single body, for preventing heat of the sensor element from flowing into a sensor probe through a substrate (rod) so as to suppress considerable power consumption, and for obtaining a necessary response speed with respect to a flow rate of gas to be measured or a change in temperature, the gas column (rod) is made of an insulating material on a center axis of the sensing probe and is formed with a conductor pattern on its surface, and the sensing probe connects the sensor element disposed in a pipe through which the gas to be measured flows and a harness terminal through the conductor on the surface of the rod, so as to measure a gas flow rate by using the sensing prove. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080295590 | THERMAL TYPE FLOW METER AND ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A thermal type flow meter has a first heating resistor, a second heating resistor for blocking heat transfer from the first heating resistor to a console, a temperature measuring resistor interposed between the two heating resistors, and a controller for calculating a flow rate unrelated to temperatures of fluid from temperatures of the resistors and currents supplied to the heating resistors. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090090177 | Thermal Flow Meter, Thermal Flow Meter Control Method, and Sensor Element of Thermal Flow Meter - A thermal flow meter corrects flow rate detection errors produced by vaporization of liquid phase components included in a gas to be measured. The thermal flow meter includes a correction circuit | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090241654 | Thermal Gas Flowmeter - A high-accuracy EGR sensor is provided. A recirculation system is provided which controls the flow rate of EGR by use of the sensor. A thermal gas flowmeter includes a heating resistor disposed in a flow of gas to be measured for detecting the flow rate of the gas, and an external circuit electrically connected to the heating resistor for outputting a signal according to the flow rate of the gas to be measured using the heating resistor. The heating resistor is controlled to be heated at a temperature equal to or higher than a vapor film forming temperature for forming a vapor film. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090272187 | THERMAL TYPE FLOW METER - There is provided a thermal type flow meter capable of accurately detecting a flow rate even when a fluid temperature varies rapidly or when the fluid temperature is high. A probe includes: a first main heating resistor; a second main heating resistor set at a temperature different from that of the first main heating resistor; and a sub-heating resistor for heating lead wires of the two main heating resistors. A CPU of a sensor control circuit finds a fluid temperature by using the two main heating resistors, and finds a fluid flow rate by using at least one of the two main heating resistors. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20110017179 | EGR Flow Rate Control Apparatus of Internal Combustion Engine - An EGR flow rate control apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided that can correct with high accuracy an EGR gas flow rate measured by a gas flow rate measurement apparatus in an EGR passage and control with high accuracy a gas flow rate regulating valve to reduce discharge amounts of PM and NOx in exhaust gases. An EGR flow rate control apparatus | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110166768 | Control Device for Engine - A control device for an engine, capable of accurately estimating the quantity of exhaust heat from the engine and performing engine control which improves the exhaust quality and fuel consumption of the engine in various operating conditions thereof, by using the accurate extimated value of the quantity of exhaust heat. A control device for an engine is provided with an exhaust flow rate sensor for directly sensing the flow rate of exhaust gas discharged from the engine, an exhaust temperature estimating device for sensing or estimating the temperature of the exhaust gas discharged from the engine, and an exhaust heat quantity estimating device for estimating, based on an output of the exhaust flow rate sensor and an output of the exhaust temperature estimating device, the quantity of heat of the exhaust gas discharged from the engine. | 07-07-2011 |