A thermal-type flowmeter includes a chip package. The chip package is formed through encapsulation with a resin of a sensor element, a drive circuit, a metal lead frame adapted to have mounted thereon the sensor element and the drive circuit, and a temperature detecting element. The chip package has an exposed structure in which a surface of the sensor element having the diaphragm is exposed. The temperature detecting element is mounted on the lead frame via an electrically conductive member.

This signal processing unit includes: a comparison signal output unit which outputs a comparison signal on a negative side that corresponds to a negative side portion, of a second amplitude-increased signal, which is on the negative side with respect to the comparison threshold TH; an averaging processing unit which outputs an average signal obtained by averaging the comparison signal; a coefficient multiplication processing unit which outputs a coefficient-multiplied signal obtained by multiplying the average signal by an adjustment coefficient set in advance; and a signal correction processing unit which outputs, as a flow rate signal, a value obtained by correcting a first amplitude-increased signal so as to be decreased by use of the coefficient-multiplied signal, wherein the comparison threshold TH is set on the basis of an output characteristic of a sensor measured in advance with respect to at least a forward flow direction of an intake air.

A sensor system is provided for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a channel structure, e.g., an air mass flow of an internal combustion engine. The sensor system has a sensor housing, e.g., a plug-in sensor that is introduced or can be introduced into a flow tube, in which the channel structure is formed, and at least one sensor chip, situated in the channel structure, for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor housing has an inlet into the channel structure, oriented opposite a main direction of flow of the fluid medium, and an outlet from the channel structure. The channel structure includes a main channel and a measurement channel. The measurement channel branches off from the main channel. The sensor chip is in the measurement channel. The main channel and the measurement channel discharge together into the outlet from the channel structure.

A thermal-type flowmeter includes a chip package. The chip package is formed through encapsulation with a resin of a sensor element, a drive circuit, a metal lead frame adapted to have mounted thereon the sensor element and the drive circuit, and a temperature detecting element. The chip package has an exposed structure in which a surface of the sensor element having the diaphragm is exposed. The temperature detecting element is mounted on the lead frame via an electrically conductive member.

A sensor device for detecting a property of a fluid medium flowing in a channel includes: (a) a channel piece through which a fluid medium is able to flow, the channel piece having (i) an inlet; (ii) an outlet; (iii) a channel piece wall including an inner wall, an outer side connecting the inlet and the outlet, and an insertion opening; and (iv) areas having electrical conductivity; (b) at least one sensor having a sensor housing and a sensor element situated in the sensor housing, the sensor housing being insertable through the insertion opening in the channel piece wall into the channel piece. The entire channel piece wall of the channel piece is completely made of electrically conductive plastic, the channel piece wall being at fixed electrical potentials.

There is provided a thermal-type airflow meter that reduces the number of output signals of the sensor circuit and that can suppress the accuracy of flow rate detection from being deteriorated because due to a nonlinear sensor output characteristic and a response delay in the output signal, the output signal shifts toward the positive side or the negative side. A thermal-type airflow meter outputs one or both of a positive-side comparison signal that is at the positive side of a comparison threshold value and a negative-side comparison signal that is at the negative side of the comparison threshold value, outputs a coefficient multiplication signal obtained by multiplying an average signal acquired by averaging the comparison signal by an adjustment coefficient, and outputs, as a flow rate signal, a value obtained by applying the coefficient multiplication signal to increase correction or decrease correction of the amplitude increase signal.

An apparatus for controlling fuel injection according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a driving information detector for detecting driving information including a fresh air amount flowing into an intake manifold through a throttle valve, a recirculation gas amount supplied to the intake manifold through an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus, a fuel vapor amount supplied to the intake manifold through a canister purge system, a gas amount supplied to a cylinder from the intake manifold, an internal pressure of the intake manifold, an internal temperature of the intake manifold, a pressure of a recirculation gas and a temperature of the recirculation gas; an injector for injecting fuel into the cylinder; and a controller for calculating gas amount supplied to the cylinder at a next intake stroke from the driving information and controlling fuel amount injected by the injector at the next intake stroke to be a target air-fuel ratio.

A control method of a boosting apparatus includes: driving the boosting apparatus according to driving maps pre-input to a controller, judging driving conditions of an engine, selecting a driving map pre-input to the controller and reflecting the driving conditions in the selected driving map, correcting the driving maps of the boosting apparatus based on the selected driving map and driving the boosting apparatus based on the corrected driving maps, and confirming whether variations in operating amounts of the boosting apparatus are generated and, when the variations are confirmed, correcting the operating amounts of the boosting apparatus and reflecting the corrected operating amounts in the driving maps. In particular, the controller controls an EGR valve according to driving conditions through operation of the boosting apparatus and thus controls the amount of EGR gas supplied to the engine.

The present invention provides a thermal flow meter 300 which reduces a stress applied from a fixing portion 3721, which is used to hold and fix a circuit package 400 with respect to a housing 302, to the circuit package 400 and has high reliability. In the thermal flow meter of the invention, the circuit package 400 embedded with a flow rate measurement circuit is formed through a first resin molding process, the fixing portion 3721 is formed along with the housing 302 through a second resin molding process, and the circuit package 400 is enveloped by the fixing portion 3721, whereby the circuit package 400 is held by and fixed to the housing 302. In order to reduce the influence of a stress, generated based on a temperature change of the fixing portion 3721, on the circuit package 400, the fixing portion 3721 is constituted of a thick portion 4714 and a thin portion 4710. Since thickness of a resin of the thin portion 4710 is small, the stress to be generated is small, and a force applied to the circuit package 400 can be reduced.

An air flow measuring device is adapted to be attached to a duct. The device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a flow sensor. The first housing defines a bypass flow passage which takes in a part of air flowing in the duct, and includes a hollow part and a recess. The bypass flow passage is formed in the hollow part. The recess is formed on an upper side of the hollow part in a vertical direction of the device, and at the recess, an outer surface of the first housing is recessed inward of the first housing. The second housing is formed through secondary formation with the first housing as a primary formed part. The first housing is held on a lower side of the second housing in the vertical direction. The flow sensor is disposed in the bypass flow passage.