Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Oval Engineering Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.k.

Masami Kabuto

Yoshiaki Asayama

Shunichi Wada

Norio Endo

Teruki Fukami

Kuniteru Okuda

A suction air volume detecting means to be provided in a suction system in an engine, in particular an automotive engine to electrically detect the air volume to be sucked into the engine is mounted within a suction air expansion chamber of the suction system provided to reduce the pulsation of the suctioned air for the purpose that the electrical circuit elements of the suction air volume detecting means, in particular, transistors, etc. are protected from being heated by heat radiated from the engine and from being caused to misoperate by external electrical waves.

Suction system in an engine

A fluid conduit with a rectangular cross-section is divided into two parallel conduits. A vortex generating rod is disposed perpendicularly to the flow direction in one of the conduits. An ultrasonic wave is directed perpendicularly across the conduit to detect the Karman vortex streets. A sound absorbing material is located along the portion of the conduit wall where the ultrasonic waves exist for preventing the formation of standing waves.

Flow meter utilizing Karman vortex street

A gaseous fluid flow meter utilizing a Karman vortex street has a conduit having opposed flat walls and through which a gaseous fluid to be measured flows, a vortex generating member disposed perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the fluid to generate the Karman vortex street downstream thereof, a vortex detector disposed on the conduit and having a transmitter in one flat wall for transmitting a continuous ultrasonic wave across the Karman vortex street and a receiver in the other flat wall positioned opposite the ultrasonic wave transmitter in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the flow of the gaseous fluid through the conduit for receiving the continuous ultrasonic wave to detect the changes in phase of the ultrasonic wave indicating the number of vortices of the Karman vortex street generated in a unit time, and a sound absorbing material on only the portion of the inner surfaces of the flat walls of the conduit around the transmitter and around the receiver and extending sufficiently far along the walls from the transmitter and receiver for preventing the generation of standing waves in front of the walls due to the reflection of the ultrasonic wave.

Gaseous fluid flow meter utilizing karman vortex street

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Himeji, Japan

Masami Kabuto