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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Yasuda, Kyoto, JP;
Akihisa Adachi, Kyoto, JP;
Yuji Fujii, Nara, JP;
Yuji Nakabayashi, Nara, JP;
Yukio Sakaguchi, Nara, JP;
Hirokazu Gotou, Shiga, JP;
Yasuharu Kawano, Nara, JP;
Aoi Watanabe, Nara, JP;
Abstract
A flow meter device includes: an inlet portion, into which a fluid flows; an outlet portion, from which the fluid flows out; a plurality of measurement passage portions provided parallel to each other between the inlet portion and the outlet portion; and at least one flow rate measurement unit, each flow rate measurement unit being configured to measure a flow rate of the fluid that flows through a passage in a corresponding one of the measurement passage portions. Shapes of passages in the respective measurement passage portions coincide with each other. The plurality of measurement passage portions include: the one measurement passage portion(s), which is/are each provided with the flow rate measurement unit; and the other measurement passage portion(s), which is/are not provided with the flow rate measurement unit.