Patent ID: 7213472

Claim:
A connector for connecting a fluid line to a fluid technology device having a line connection for fixing a fluid line, having a device connection for attachment to a fluid technology device, and having a connection channel, which runs between the line connection and the device connection and allows a fluid to flow through, wherein the connector itself is equipped with a volume flow detection device, which comprises pressure drop generation means provided in the connection channel and which comprises a bypass channel discharging into the connection channel in the region of the pressure drop generation means at points spaced in the running direction of the connection channel, wherein a mass flow sensor device on or in the connector is assigned to the bypass channel, said mass flow sensor device being placed outside the connection channel and being based on a calorimetric functional principle, said connector further comprising a main housing containing the connection channel, wherein the main housing has a first main housing body having the device connection, which has a first connection channel section and a second main housing body having the line connection, which has a second connection channel section that communicates with the first connection channel section, and wherein the second main housing body is implemented as a pivot part which is mounted so that it is rotatable on the first main housing body.