Nippondenso Co., Ltd.

Kunihiro Umezu

Yukio Mori

Noboru Kitahara

Takao Ban

Yukio Sawada

Ryo Nagasaka

Minoru Kondo

Tsunemitsu Kato

A flow meter for measuring a flow rate of fluid includes a body providing a main passage through which the fluid flows. A plurality of support elements connect an inner wall surface of the body and a central element so as to support the central element substantially at the center of the main passage. An introducing port opens to the central element for introducing a part of the fluid flowing through the main passage. A branch passage is formed within the central element, through which such part of the fluid flows. A sensor is disposed within the branch passage for measuring a flow rate within the branch passage. An outlet opens to a portion of the central element located at upperstream of the downstream ends of the support elements for returning the fluid flowing through the branch passages to the main passage.

Flow meter

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Kariya, Japan

Kunihiro Umezu