Patent ID: 6904811

Claim:
Apparatus for measuring at least one of a flow velocity and a volumetric through-flow of a fluid comprising a flow meter body defining a through conduit for the fluid with a longitudinal axis and having connecting flanges for connecting the body to a pipeline for the fluid, the body including a tubular center piece with at least two receptacles which are open on the exterior of the body and which are arranged at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis, a measurement device in each of the at least two receptacles, a signal processing unit attached to the exterior of the body, and electrical connectors extending from the measurement devices to the signal processing unit, the body having a wall with a plurality of protective conduits arranged inside the wall which house at least portions of the electrical connectors, each protective conduit including a first open end on the exterior of the body proximate the measurement device and a second open end on the exterior of the body proximate the signal processing unit.