Abstract: The thermal-type airflow meter comprises airflow meter body 86 and measuring part 87. Both of the frame 31 of the housing 3 accommodating therein the electronic circuit 6 and the subpassage member 4 having the heating resistor 1 etc. positioned within a subpassage of air are arranged on the metallic base 5. Further, the frame 31, the subpassage member 4, the metallic base 5 and the cover 9 are adhered to respectively different member more than one. The connector 32 of the housing 3, the frame 31 and the subpassage member 4 are formed in a flat shape to form the measuring module 87. The measuring module 87 is inserted through the insertion hole 83 to locate the heating resistor 1 within the main air passage 81, and the fixing flange 36 of the housing 3 is fixedly attached to the airflow meter body 86.

Abstract: A thermal-type airflow meter comprises an airflow meter body and a measuring part. Both of the frame of a housing which accommodates the electronic circuit, and a sub-passage member which has the heating resistor positioned within a sub-passage, are arranged on a metallic base. Further, the frame, the sub-passage member, the metallic base and the cover are each fixedly attached to at least two respective different members. A connector of the housing, the frame and the sub-passage member are formed in a flat shape to form the measuring module. The measuring module is inserted through an insertion hole to locate the heating resistor within the main air passage, and the fixing flange of the housing is fixedly attached to the airflow meter body.

Abstract: A thermal-type airflow meter comprises an airflow meter body and a measuring part. Both of the frame of a housing which accommodates the electronic circuit, and a sub-passage member which has the heating resistor positioned within a sub-passage, are arranged on a metallic base. Further, the frame, the sub-passage member, the metallic base and the cover are each fixedly attached to at least two respective different members. A connector of the housing, the frame and the sub-passage member are formed in a flat shape to form the measuring module. The measuring module is inserted through an insertion hole to locate the heating resistor within the main air passage, and the fixing flange of the housing is fixedly attached to the airflow meter body.

Abstract: An air flow rate measuring device for measuring intake air flow rate in an automotive engine, improved to reduce any error attributable to variation in the configurations of air cleaner and/or duct forming air passage upstream of the flow rate measuring device, thus offering high accuracy of the flow rate measurement. In one aspect of the invention, the inlet opening of a sub-air passage is disposed to contain the axis of a main air passage, while the outlet opening of the sub-air passage is disposed in the vicinity of a wall defining the main air passage. In order to cause a local reduction of the pressure of the principal of the air flow at the outlet opening, a protrusion or a flat surface which causes impediment to the flow if air in the main air passage is provided immediately upstream of the outlet opening.

Abstract: An air flow sensor unit for an internal combustion engine control system which detects an air flow rate and outputs an optical signal corresponding to the detected air flow rate to an external equipment including a bridge circuit including a temperature sensitive resistor which detects the air flow rate and outputs a first electrical signal indicative of a voltage amplitude corresponding to the detected air flow rate; a first converting circuit which converts the first electrical signal outputted from the bridge circuit into a second electrical signal indicative of a digital value corresponding to the voltage amplitude of the first electrical signal; a second converting circuit including a laser diode, for converting the second electrical signal outputted from the first converting circuit into the optical signal having the same digital value as that of the second electrical signal; a housing for accommodating the bridge circuit, first converting circuit and second converting circuit; and an apparatus of a len

Abstract: An air flow rate measuring device for measuring intake air flow rate in an automotive engine, improved to reduce any error attributable to variation in the configurations of air cleaner and/or duct forming air passage upstream of the flow rate measuring device, thus offering high accuracy of the flow rate measurement. In one aspect of the invention, the inlet opening of a sub-air passage is disposed to contain the axis of a main air passage, while the outlet opening of the sub-air passage is disposed in the vicinity of a wall defining the main air passage. In order to cause a local reduction of the pressure of the principal of the air flow at the outlet opening, a protrusion or a flat surface which causes impediment to the flow if air in the main air passage is provided immediately upstream of the outlet opening.

Abstract: A flow rate of air flowing through an air inlet pipe is detected by a heating resistor disposed therein and converted into an electric signal. A digital processing unit carries out calculation to judge whether or not the converted signal coincides with a predetermined temperature value and to correct the converted signal so that the same is caused to coincide with the predetermined value if both the values do not coincide with each other. The corrected signal is used to keep the heating resistor at the predetermined temperature. The digital processing unit is integrated with the air inlet pipe independently of a digital processing unit for engine control.

Abstract: An air flow measuring system has a unit for measuring an air flow rate and outputting an air flow rate indicative signal, a unit for measuring an air temperature for outputting an air temperature indicative signal, and a mixing unit for converting the air flow rate indicative signal and the air temperature indicative signal by superimposing them so that the converted signal may be transmitted through a single signal transmission path.

Abstract: An exothermic resistor type air flow detector according to the invention is compact and requires no special radiation structure. A control circuit comprised of a transistor T and a differential amplifier are formed with an exothermal resistor Rh on an insulated substrate 2, which is placed in an air passage in which air current is to be measured.

Abstract: An air flow meter has a body forming a main passage defining an intake air passage of an internal combustion engine. An auxiliary passage within the main passage has a longitudinal passage in the axial direction and at least one transverse passage in the radial direction of the main passage. The auxiliary passage is defined by a member having a radially directed portion connected to an internal wall of the main passage. A hollow space is provided in the radially directed portion to render the wall thickness of the radially directed portion substantially uniform. Additionally, the hollow space is separated from the longitudinal passage by an auxiliary member which, in a preferred embodiment, surrounds a heat sensitive resistor.

Abstract: A hot-wire air flow meter for providing an air flow meter capable of accurately detecting the quantity of air drawn into the internal combustion engine and stabilizing the air flow distribution. The hotwire air flow meter includes a main passage forming an air horn for the internal combustion engine, a hot-wire element for measuring the quantity of air drawn in, a bypass passage installed in the main passage and containing the hot-wire element, the bypass passage consisting of a first passage formed along the main passage axis and a second passage formed in the radial direction of the main passage, and a throttled portion formed between the bypass passage and a throttle valve located downstream of the bypass passage.

Abstract: The present invention whose object is to provide a hot wire type of flow meter capable of accurately detecting a flow rate under various conditions required for satisfying a desire for low fuel consumption of an engine system and space saving in an engine room, the present invention being characterized in a hot wire type of air flow meter including a main flow passage forming an air intake flow passage of an internal combustion engine, a hot wire element measuring intake air, and a bypass having the hot wire element therein and disposed in the main flow passage, the hot wire type of air flow meter comprising: a flow passage forming the bypass, and formed in the axial direction of the main flow passage; and a flow passage forming the bypass and formed in the radial direction of the main flow passage, the flow passage having a structure designed in such a manner that the upper stream portion of an outlet portion thereof projects over the lower stream portion of the same.

Abstract: A compact hot-wire type air flow meter for an internal combustion engine with a high measuring accuracy is provided with a primary flow path forming an intake air passage and an auxiliary flow path incorporating therein a hot-wire element for measuring the intake air. The auxiliary flow path is defined by a flow path in an axial direction of the primary flow path and a flow path in a radial direction of the primary flow path.

Abstract: The air flow rate detecting resistance element 1A or the temperature sensing resistance element 1B comprises a dielectric substrate 5A or 5B, a thin film type conductor 6A or 6B as a resistance element forming conductor, and a thin film type conductor 7A or 7B as a shield electrode element forming conductor. The resistance element conductor 6A or 6B and the shield electrode element conductor 7or 7B are formed by evaporation on the dielectric substrate 5A or 5B. The shield electrode element conductor 7A or 7B is provided in the vicinity of the resistance element conductor 6A or 6B an electrostatic capacity is formed therebetween. The shield electrode element conductor 7A or 7B is maintained at the lowest potential such as ground or a common potential. The guidance of high frequency radio waves to the resistance element 1A or 1B can be effectively prevented, so that the radio interference resistance of the hot film type air flow meter can be improved.

Abstract: A hot-wire flow rate measuring apparatus includes a first thermo-sensitive resistive element disposed in the flow path of fluid under measurement, resistor unit connected in series to the first sensing element, a second thermo-sensitive resistive element for temperature compensation disposed in the flow path of the fluid, a control circuit adapted to supply a current to the serial connection of the first sensing element and the resistor unit in response to the difference between the voltage produced by the first sensing element and the voltage produced by the second sensing element, and an output circuit for producing a voltage representative of the fluid flow rate in response to the terminal voltage of the resistor. The apparatus is further provided with a current circuit which controls the ouptut characteristics of the output circuit by supplying a compensation current proportionate to the terminal voltage of the resistor to a portion of the serial connection.

Abstract: An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine including a first case of a hollow synthetic resin, which has one end fixing high voltage terminals for effecting connections with ignition plugs and its other end formed with an opening. Diode terminals are attached to the first case. The high voltage diodes which have the same side ends connected with the high voltage terminals from the first case and their other ends connected with the diode terminals. The high voltage diodes in the first case are encapsulated within an epoxy resin composite. Primary and secondary coils supplied with electric signals synchronized with a rotational speed in a secondary case to which primary and secondary terminals are attached. The second case is filled with an epoxy resin such that gaps between the wirings of the coils are sufficiently impregnated with that epoxy resin. The diode terminals and the secondary terminals are connected through the coils.

Abstract: In a molded ignition device, an ignition coil with primary and secondary coils is molded with synthetic resin. A metal casing is mounted on the outer surface of the molded coil. A microelectric circuit such as an IC circuit is disposed in the space defined by the casing and the outer surface of the molded coil.

Abstract: A compact hot-wire type air flow meter for an internal combustion engine with a high measuring accuracy is provided with a primary flow path forming an intake air passage and an auxiliary flow path incorporating therein a hot-wire element for measuring the intake air. The auxiliary flow path is defined by a flow path in an axial direction of the primary flow path and a flow path in a radial direction of the primary flow path.