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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Endress+hauser Flowtec Ag, Reinach, CH;
Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG, Reinach, CH;
Abstract
A thermal flowmeter includes: a measuring tube, having a measuring tube cross-section and a measuring tube axis; a sensor having a main sensor body and four probes designed to heat a medium, determine a temperature thereof, or influence the flow of the medium in the measuring tube; and an electronic measuring/operating circuit, wherein the probe bodies span a rhombus on a surface of the main sensor body, wherein a first diagonal of the rhombus is parallel to the measuring tube axis, and a second diagonal lies in the measuring tube cross-section, wherein a first probe and a second probe are designed to heat the medium, and at least a third probe is designed to determine the temperature of the medium, and wherein the first probe and the second probe are arranged on the first diagonal, and the at least one third probe is arranged on the second diagonal.