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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiri Marek, Reutlingen, DE;
Wolfgang Mueller, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/68 ;
Abstract
A mass flow sensor having a thin substrate and a resistor element arranged on the thin substrate. The thin substrate is stretched on a fixed substrate. In a stretched area, at which, in response to mechanical loading of the thin substrate, the mechanical stresses concentrate, a resistor element for detecting ruptures is arranged. As a result of a rupture in the stretched area, this rupture-detection resistor is interrupted, and the rupture can be confirmed due to the sudden increase in the resistance of the resistor, caused thereby.