Air duct system and measurement system and method for determining at least one parameter of an air flow emanating from an air outlet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11135897-B2
Application number	US-201815967679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

An air duct system for passing an air flow emanating from an air outlet to a measurement device for detecting parameter measurement values for at least one parameter of the air flow, includes at least one collecting unit for collecting the air flow emanating from the air outlet. That one collecting unit can be disposed on the air outlet so that a contact surface of the collecting unit encloses at least one outlet opening of the air outlet circumferentially. The collecting unit includes a wall defining a continuous air duct with an inlet end section and an outlet end section. In order to improve the measurement of the parameter of the air flow, the air duct system includes at least one measurement chamber that is communicatively connected to a section of the air duct enclosed by the inlet end section, which, as a measurement chamber that is otherwise closed relative to the surroundings, either contains at least one pressure sensor or comprises at least one connection for communicatively connecting the measurement chamber to a pressure measurement device.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A measurement system for determining at least one parameter of an air flow emanating from an air outlet, with which the air flow can be introduced directly into a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising at least one measurement device detecting parameter measurement values of a parameter and at least one air duct system passing the air flow from the air outlet to the measurement device, wherein the at least one air duct system a collecting unit collecting the air flow emanating from the air outlet, wherein a contact surface of the collecting unit encloses at least one outlet opening of the air outlet circumferentially, said collecting unit including a wall defining a continuous air duct with an inlet end section and an outlet end section; characterized by at least two measurement chambers communicatively connected to the section of the air duct, wherein the at least two measurement chambers are (a) closed relative to the surroundings and (b) contain at least one pressure sensor or comprise at least one connection for communicatively connecting a respective measurement chamber to at least one pressure measurement device.

2. The measurement system as claimed in claim 1 , characterized by at least one electronic means of analysis that is connected to one of (a) the measurement device and (b) the pressure sensor or the pressure measurement device, and that is designed to correct the parameter measurement values using pressure measurement values detected with the pressure sensor or the pressure measurement device.

3. The measurement system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one electronic means of analysis is designed to determine average pressure measurement values from at least two pressure measurement values detected by means of different measurement chambers and to use the average pressure measurement values for correction of the parameter measurement values.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Fischer Dietmar
• Lezuo Michael
• Koberstein Manfred
• Herr-Rathke Jennifer A

Classifications

• G01D21/02

  Measuring two or more variables by means not covered by a single other subclass · CPC title

• B60H1/00585 Primary

  Means for monitoring, testing or servicing the air-conditioning · CPC title

• G01C21/02

  by astronomical means (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01F1/44

  Venturi tubes · CPC title

• B60H2001/00635

  Air-tight sealing devices · CPC title