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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Yuichi Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Motohisa Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Yamakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Tsutsumi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flow rate detecting element measuring the flow rates of various fluids, particularly the intake air of an internal combustion engine. The flow rate detecting element has a thin film layer including a support film and a protective film on one surface of a flat substrate, a heating resistance section and a comparative resistance section thermosensitive resistor having patterns and located between the support film and the protective film. The flat substrate has a recess which penetrates the flat substrate in the thickness direction thereof and facing the heating resistance section and the comparative resistance section. A fluid flow passage communicates with the recess which faces the comparative resistance section for fluid flow into the recess. Flow rate or velocity of a fluid can be measured accurately using the heating resistance section according to the fluid temperature reported by the comparative resistance section.