IP Library Granted Patent US 10,876,872
Granted Patent B2
US 10,876,872 · App. 16/092,633 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Physical quantity detection device

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Patent No.
US 10,876,872
App. No.
16/092,633
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A physical quantity detection device includes: a housing; a circuit board; a resin material which covers the circuit board; a cover which forms a circuit chamber in which the circuit board is disposed and a flow path through which a gas to be measured passes together with the housing; and a conductor which is disposed to be exposed to the flow path, in which the conductor and the circuit board are electrically connected to each other.

Claims (27)

1. A physical quantity detection device comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board;

a resin material which covers the circuit board;

a cover which forms, together with the housing, a circuit chamber in which the circuit board is disposed and a flow path through which a gas to be measured passes;

a conductor which is disposed to be exposed in the flow path;

a conductive intermediate member is interposed between the conductor and the circuit board, wherein

the conductive intermediate member conductively connects the conductor and the circuit board by attaching to a front cover of the housing.

2. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

an opening is provided in the circuit chamber.

3. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening is formed in the housing or the cover, or a bonded portion of the housing and the cover in the circuit chamber.

4. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening is formed in the cover, and a convex shape is given in a side edge portion of the opening close to the circuit chamber.

5. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

a plurality of the openings are provided in the circuit chamber.

6. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening is formed in the cover, and a projection portion from a component or wire having a highest height from the circuit board to the cover among components or wires to be mounted on the circuit board is overlapped with the opening.

7. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the opening is provided so as to be overlapped with a projection portion of a component or wire, among components or wires to be mounted on the circuit board, close to a surface in which the opening is provided to the surface in which the opening is provided.

8. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the conductive intermediate member is a resin.

9. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the conductor is formed integrally with the cover.

10. The physical quantity detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuit chamber includes a rear side sub-passage, the rear side sub-passage has a inclined portion through which the gas to be measured passes, and

particles in the gas to be measured flow from the inclined portion to a measurement flow-path rear surface, the measurement flow-path rear surface prevents the particles from entering a flow rate detector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2018
From: WATANABE, TSUBASA; HOSHIKA, HIROAKI; YOGO, TAKAYUKI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047145/0298 →