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7608176 Gas concentration detecting apparatus  
The present invention relates a gas concentration detecting apparatus capable of appropriately making a decision on activation of each of a pump cell, a monitor cell and a sensor cell of its gas...
7585402 Method of sensor conditioning for improving signal output stability for mixed gas measurements  
A method of sensor conditioning is proposed for improving signal output stability and differentiation between responses to different gases such as exhaust from combustion processes. A square wave...
7578925 System and method for updating a baseline output of a gas sensor  
A method of operating a gas sensor is disclosed, wherein the sensor includes a pumping electrode configuration and a measuring electrode configuration, and wherein the method includes operating the...
7527718 Method of treating gas sensor element  
A method of treating a gas sensor element for improving measurement characteristics thereof, including: heating the gas sensor element at a temperature of 600-1000° C. for 3-24 hours in a...
7524407 Gas sensor  
An oxygen sensor 10 includes an oxygen detection element 20 , which assumes a hollow tubular shape extending along the axis. The oxygen detection element 20 has a closed tip end and an opened...
7501604 Sensor element for determining gas components in gas mixtures, and method for manufacturing it  
A sensor element for determining the concentration of gas components in gas mixtures, e.g., for determining the oxygen concentration in exhaust gases of combustion engines, includes: at least one...
7481913 High-resolution gas concentration measuring apparatus  
A gas concentration measuring apparatus for use in air-fuel ratio control of motor vehicle engines is provided which includes a laminated sensor element and a sensor circuit. The sensor circuit...
7473340 Circuit configuration for operating a linear exhaust-gas probe  
A linear exhaust-gas probe has a measuring cell for measuring a gas concentration in a measuring chamber by determining a measuring-cell voltage, and a pump cell for pumping gas by way of a pump...
7462266 Apparatus for detecting concentration of nitrogen oxide  
Apparatus for detecting the NOx concentration includes a first measurement chamber 20 communicating with the gas under measurement via a diffusion rate defining layer 4 d and a second...
7461536 Circuit arrangement for operating a gas sensor  
A circuit configuration for operating a gas sensor is described, including a reference gas space in which an electrode is situated which is supplied with a reference gas pump current to maintain...
7455761 Nitrogen oxide sensor with attenuated oxygen dependence of the NOx signal  
In a method and with a circuit for operating a nitrogen oxide sensor for determining the nitrogen oxide (NOx) concentration in a gas mixture, in particular in post-treatment of an automotive...
7449092 Dual mode oxygen sensor  
An oxygen sensor for measuring exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine is described. The sensor provides an output that has a high gain near the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and a lower...
7445699 Gas sensor  
A gas sensor for detecting at least one physical magnitude of a gas, in particular of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, which includes a sensor element having an...
7438791 Concentration detector  
A concentration detector comprises oxygen-forming means for forming oxygen by decomposing the particular component in the gas, first output means for producing an output value proportional to the...
7427347 Method for operating a measuring probe for measuring a gas concentration  
In a method for operating a measuring probe for measuring a gas concentration in a measuring gas with the aid of a solid electrolyte which conducts oxygen ions and has a measurement cavity for...
7418957 Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus  
A vehicle control apparatus and methodology relate to an exhaust gas sensor and sensor heater associated with an exhaust passage of a vehicle engine. The exhaust gas sensor is selectively heated to...
7416651 Gas sensor  
There is provided a gas sensor for measuring the concentration of a specific gas component in a gas under measurement, including a gas diffusion rate limiting portion, a measurement chamber...
7416650 Gas concentration measuring apparatus  
In a gas concentration measuring apparatus, a measurement substrate is provided. A conductive pattern portion is formed in the measurement substrate. The conductive pattern portion includes a...
7416649 Oxygen concentration detection system and vehicle control system having the same  
An oxygen concentration detection system including an oxygen sensor which outputs a plurality of types of measurement signals and anomaly detection means and modification means. The anomaly...
7361258 Sensor element and gas sensor  
A flat limiting-current sensor 10 includes a solid electrolyte substrate 22 , a negative electrode 34 a and a positive electrode 32 a . The negative and positive electrodes 34 a and 32 a ,...
7351318 Gas sensing element  
A gas sensing element has at least a sensor cell consisting of a measured gas side electrode positioned in a measured gas chamber, a reference electrode being operative association with the...
7338592 Diagnostic and control methods for internally calibrated oxygen sensor  
A set of methods controls the pumping action of and provides leak checking of a solid electrolyte oxygen sensor having internal and external electrodes. A first method performs a leak check on the...
7316767 Gas sensing element  
Provided is a multilayer gas sensing element having a high measurement accuracy and less susceptible to a leakage current. The element comprises an oxygen pump cell for adjusting an oxygen...
7309415 Gas sensor and method for measuring a gas component in a gas mixture  
A gas sensor based on solid electrolyte is proposed for measuring a gas component in a gas mixture, having at least one sensitive region, which has a first means for producing a reaction gas from...
7306708 Limiting current type oxygen sensor  
In a limiting current type oxygen sensor, a plane cathode layer and a plane anode layer are arranged on both sides of a solid electrolyte layer, and a porous diffusion layer for controlling gaseous...
7288175 Noiseless gas concentration measurement apparatus  
A noiseless circuit structure of a gas concentration measuring apparatus is provided. The gas concentration measuring apparatus includes a control circuit and a gas sensor including a solid...
7279133 Planar sensor and a method for measuring the temperature of same  
In a planar oxygen sensor having a pump cell, a reference cell, a sensor chamber and a heating device, a ground plane electrode is provided and includes a sensing portion having a first sense lead...
7276141 Hydrogen gas sensor  
A hydrogen gas sensor capable of accurately measuring hydrogen concentration of a measurement gas atmosphere in the presence of a variety of interfering gasses such as H 2 O and CO. In the hydrogen...
7258772 Oxygen sensor and method of manufacturing same  
In an oxygen sensor that measures a limiting current of when a voltage is applied between pumping electrodes, and also performs a rich/lean judgment based on an electromotive force generated...
7258771 Air/fuel ratio detection apparatus  
The invention relates to an air/fuel ratio detection apparatus. This apparatus includes (a) a heater portion having an elongate cylindrical shape and heating by applying electricity thereto from...
7163609 Gas sensor having a laminate comprising solid electrolyte layers and alumina substrate  
A gas sensor ( 1 a ) having a laminate including an alumina substrate ( 11 ) having a heating resister ( 115 ) embedded in the alumina substrate ( 11 ); a first oxygen-ion conductive solid...
7160435 Gas sensor and method for controlling the same  
Disclosed is a gas sensor for controlling a concentration of oxygen and/or measuring NOx by allowing a current to flow through an ion-conductive member for conducting oxygen ion, by the aid of a...
7153412 Electrodes, electrochemical elements, gas sensors, and gas measurement methods  
Electrode having high activity to oxygen gas and low activity to flammable gas is provided. An oxygen pump includes oxide-ion conductive solid electrolyte 2 , electrode 8 which is an inactive...
7153402 NOx-decomposing electrode and NOx concentration-measuring apparatus  
A detecting electrode comprises a first cermet electrode layer formed directly on a solid electrolyte layer and a second cermet electrode layer formed on the first cermet electrode layer. The ratio...
7153401 Current-biased potentiometric NOx sensor for vehicle emissions  
A nitrogen oxide sensor system for measuring the amount of nitrogen oxide in a gas. A first electrode is exposed to the gas. An electrolyte is positioned in contact with the first electrode. A...
7144494 Circuit arrangement for compensating interference signals in the control loop of a linear lambda probe  
A compensation circuit (KS) is provided between the output of a differential amplifier (Diff_Amp) and the input of a controller (R). The compensation circuit generates a compensation signal, whose...
7122103 Air/fuel ratio detection apparatus  
The invention relates to an air/fuel ratio detection apparatus for a gas. This apparatus includes (a) a heater portion having an elongate cylindrical shape; (b) a solid electrolyte layer...
7052596 Linear lambda probe evaluation circuit  
The pumping current source (P) required for operating the linear lambda probe is wired in such a manner that its inverting input is connected to the third probe terminal (Vp+), its non-inverting...
7052595 Gas sensor for determining the concentration of gas components in gas mixtures and use thereof  
A gas sensor for determining the concentration of gas components in gas mixtures is used in particular to measure the concentration of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases of internal combustion...
7045047 Gas sensor element  
A gas sensor element which may be employed in measuring the concentration of gas such O 2 , NOx, or CO. The gas sensor element consists of an electrochemical cell made up of a solid electrolyte...
6994780 Gas sensor and method of detecting gas concentration  
A gas sensor includes a measurement gas chamber into which a measurement gas is introduced. An oxygen pumping cell adjusts an oxygen concentration in the measurement gas chamber. An oxygen monitor...
6966978 Sensor element of a gas sensor  
A solid electrolyte-based sensor element of a gas sensor for determining a gas component in a gas mixture is described, in particular for determining the concentration of oxygen and/or nitrogen...
6953620 Coating system and method for its manufacture and its use  
A coating system and a method for its manufacture are provided. An electrically conductive base coat and a porous overcoat lying over the base coat are arranged on a ceramic substrate. At least one...
6936148 Gas sensor element having at least two cells  
A sensor element including an insulative base ( 11 ), a heating resistor ( 12 ), an oxygen pump cell ( 13 ), an oxygen detection cell ( 14 ), and a diffusion-chamber-forming member ( 161 ) having a...
6922639 Gas concentration detecting apparatus  
A gas concentration detecting apparatus comprises a gas concentration sensor and a gas concentration calculator. The sensor has first to third cells. A gas to be detected is introduced in a chamber...
6911140 Gas sensor element and method for determining the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture  
A sensor element and a method for determining the concentration of at least one gas component, especially of a nitrogen oxide, in a gas, mixture. For this purpose, the sensor element includes at...
6901785 Gas concentration measuring apparatus designed to minimize measurement error  
A gas concentration measuring apparatus has a gas sensor consisting of pump, sensor, and monitor cells. The apparatus works to determine the value of voltage applied to the pump cell when a change...
6895800 Gas concentration measuring apparatus minimizing measurement error  
A gas concentration measuring apparatus has a gas sensor including pump, sensor, and monitor cells. The apparatus works to look up a predetermined voltage-to-current relation to determine an...
6890422 Oxidizable gas component sensor and method of using the sensor  
An electrochemical gas sensor determining the concentration of oxidizable gas components which has an electrochemical measuring cell having a measuring electrode and a reference electrode....
6888109 Heating device  
A heating device for a gas sensor, in particular for use in the exhaust gas analysis of internal combustion engines, including a heating element having an electrical resistor layer. The heating...