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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1981
Toshitaka Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
Teiichi Nabeta, Okazaki, JP;
Sigeyuki Akita, Okazaki, JP;
Junji Kitagawa, Aichi, JP;
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus responsive to the amount of refrigerant flow in a refrigerant circulating system includes a sensing capacitor mounted in a refrigerant passage, the capacitance of the sensing capacitor being varied depending on a change in the dielectric constant of the refrigerant which in turn being dependent on the amount of the refrigerant. The sensing capacitor forms an element of a resistance-capacitance oscillatory circuit and it also forms a ring oscillator together with another capacitor and a plurality of inverters and resistors. The oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator is detected to determine the amount of the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant passage.