US 12,013,274 B2
Inlet valve for household appliances with variable attachment of a flowmeter
Martin Braunschweig, Langenargen (DE); Kurt Wallerstorfer, Strasswalchen (AT); and Zuo Wang, Immenstaad am Bodensee (DE)
Assigned to Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems GmbH, Neukirch (DE)
Filed by Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems GmbH, Neukirch (DE)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,278.
Claims priority of application No. 20179774 (EP), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0003587 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 15/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 15/005 (2013.01) [G01F 15/185 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Flowmeter for determining a fluid flow rate through an associated valve assembly, the flowmeter being an entity separate from and removably attachable to the associated valve assembly, the flowmeter comprising:
a housing;
a sensor arrangement disposed in the housing, the sensor arrangement comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a quantity provided by a flow rate indicator of the valve assembly, the quantity being indicative of the fluid flow rate through a fluid path of the valve assembly; and
a coupling portion provided at the housing and configured to couple with an associated counter-coupling portion of the valve assembly for attaching the flowmeter to the valve assembly in an orientation with respect to the valve assembly selectable from a group comprising at least a first orientation and a second orientation.