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Physical quantity detection apparatus and electronic apparatus

To obtain a physical quantity detection apparatus that can reduce the outer shape of a housing in size. A physical quantity detection apparatus 300 detects a plurality of physical quantities of gas 30 to be measured flowing in a main passage 124. The physical quantity detection apparatus 300 has a housing 302 disposed in the main passage 124, a circuit substrate 400 insert molded in the housing 302, and a plurality of detection sensors 452, 453, 454, 455, and 456 each mounted on each of one face and the other face of the circuit substrate 400.

Physical quantity measurement device having a flow channel partition not directly exposed to the flow through the inflow port
11067421 · 2021-07-20 · ·

A physical quantity measurement device measures a physical quantity of a fluid. The device includes a passage flow channel, a branch flow channel, a flow channel partition portion that separates the passage flow channel and the branch flow channel to have the branch flow channel branch off from the passage flow channel, and a physical quantity detector. The flow channel partition portion has a partition top portion as an upstream-side end that is not exposed through the inflow port.

ENGINE SYSTEM AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD
20210301769 · 2021-09-30 · ·

An engine system includes: an engine main body; an intake pipe; a mass flow sensor that is provided in the intake pipe and outputs a measurement value of an amount of air passing through the intake pipe; an exhaust pipe; a removal device that is provided in the exhaust pipe and removes an air pollutant included in an exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe; a recirculation pipe; a recirculation valve that controls a flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing from the recirculation pipe to the intake pipe; a regeneration control unit that closes the recirculation valve; an air amount calculation unit that calculates a theoretical value of an amount of air flowing to the intake side of the engine main body on the basis of a quantity of state of the engine main body during the regeneration process; and a correction unit.

FLOWMETER
20210172780 · 2021-06-10 ·

A flowmeter is disposed in a passage through which a fluid flows. The flowmeter includes a first passage and a second passage. The first passage defines a first opening through which at least a part of the fluid flows into the first passage from the passage. The second passage branches off from the first passage and includes a flow rate detector configured to detect a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the second passage from the first passage. The first passage includes a vortex reducer configured to restrict a vortex from generating.

Physical quantity measurement device

A device which measures a physical quantity of a gas flowing through a main passage is described. The device includes a flange for fixing to the main passage; a housing that protrudes toward an inside of the main passage from the flange; and a printed circuit board fixed to the housing on which a measuring element that measures the physical quantity is mounted. Wiring of the printed circuit board has a plurality of irregularities formed along one direction of a surface, and the wiring is arranged such that a formation direction of the irregularities is oriented along a protruding direction of the housing toward an inside of the main passage. The irregularities may be polishing marks formed using a cylindrical polishing wheel or rolling marks of the wiring of the printed circuit board.

Marine outboard motor with improved flow sensing
11035291 · 2021-06-15 · ·

A marine outboard motor is provided with an internal combustion engine comprising an engine block defining at least one cylinder, an air intake configured to deliver a flow of air to the at least one cylinder; and an air intake duct forming part of an air intake path for delivering the flow of air to the air intake. The engine further includes a flow sensing arrangement located in the air intake duct and comprising a flow meter configured to generate a signal indicative of a flow rate of the flow of air through the air intake duct, and a bluff body located in the air intake duct upstream of the flow meter, wherein the flow meter is a vortex shedding flow meter.

PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE
20210190561 · 2021-06-24 ·

A physical quantity measurement device includes a physical quantity detector and a support plate part superposed on a back surface of the physical quantity detector to support the physical quantity detector. The physical quantity detector includes a recessed part on the back surface, and a membrane part defining a bottom surface of the recessed part and being provided with a detection element for detecting a physical quantity of a fluid in a measurement low path. An area of the support plate part covering the recessed part includes a communication hole communicating with the recessed part. A peripheral edge portion of a hole opening, which is an end of the communication hole adjacent to the recessed part, is spaced apart, toward the inside, from a peripheral edge portion of a recess opening, which is an end of the recessed part adjacent to the support plate part.

PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE
20210190559 · 2021-06-24 ·

The physical quantity measurement device for measuring the physical quantity of the fluid has a measurement flow passage through which the fluid flows; a detection element for detecting the physical quantity of the fluid; a plate-shape physical quantity detector that detects the physical quantity of the fluid by the detection element in the measurement flow passage; a protection body that protects the physical quantity detector; a body recess arranged on the outer surface of the protection body at a position separated from the physical quantity detector in the orthogonal direction, which is orthogonal to a thickness direction of the physical quantity detector.

Precleaner system
11118545 · 2021-09-14 · ·

A precleaner system for an air intake system. The precleaner system includes precleaners each having flow paths that induce a rotation to air flow and separate out particulate matter. The particulate matter is ejected from an outlet port in each of the flow paths and out of a dust ejector. The precleaned air is collected into a plenum from each of the precleaners. The precleaned air can flow from the plenum to a precleaner system outlet and the precleaned air can be received by an air intake system. A cover can be used to block air flow through one of the precleaners to tune the precleaner system to the desired airflow.

PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE
20210190560 · 2021-06-24 ·

A physical quantity measurement device includes a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of a fluid in a measurement flow path, a physical quantity processor that receives a detection result of the physical quantity detector, and a support plate part that supports the physical quantity detector and the physical quantity processor. The support plate part includes a detector support portion to which the physical quantity detector is attached, and a processor support portion that is located at a position spaced apart from the detector support portion and to which the physical quantity processor is attached. Between the detector support portion and the processor support portion, a heat transfer regulation portion is provided to regulate heat transfer from the processor support portion to the detector support portion.