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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chester J Blechinger, Bloomfield Hill, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ; G01F / ; G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386102 ; 7386122 ;
Abstract
A device for measuring the velocity of fluid includes a vortex generating means, a pressure sensor means and a processing means. The vortex generating means is positioned in the fluid stream so that vortices are formed in the wake of the generating means. The pressure sensor means is positioned in the wake of the generating means for sensing pressure variation caused by the passage of the vortices. The processing means is coupled to the pressure sensor for determining the fluid flow rate as a function of pressure changes sensed by the pressure sensor means.