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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Minoru Nagawatari, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/10 (2022.01); G01F 1/696 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/10 (2022.01); G01F 1/696 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid sensing apparatus includes a fluid sensor configured to detect a temperature distribution on a detection surface caused by heating, and output a signal value corresponding to a flow of a fluid; a falling time counting unit configured to count a falling time of the signal value after stopping the heating; and a failure determining unit configured to perform failure determination based on the falling time.