Patent ID: 6272920
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G01F,G10K

Abstract:
A device (1) for measuring the mass of a medium flowing in a line (2), in an aspirated air mass of an internal combustion engine, comprising a flow tube (3), disposed in the line (2), for receiving and supporting a measuring element (20) around which the flowing medium flows, wherein the medium flows from the line (2) into the flow tube (3) at an inlet opening (9) and flows out from the flow tube (3) into the line (2) at an outlet opening (11), in which an outlet end face (12) is provided that surrounds the outlet opening (11) of the flow tube (3) and has structural grooves (53) therein, said structural grooves extend with a radial directional component with respect to a longitudinal axis (6) of the flow tube (3).