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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075752 | Method and apparatus for providing an electrochemical sensor at an elevated temperature The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor and method for providing the sensor having an insulator, an electrode deposited on the insulator, an electrolytic material in contact with the electrode for providing an electrical connection, and a cooling and heat... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7666286 | Gas sensor A gas sensor includes a first space for a measurement gas from a gas-introducing hole via a first diffusion rate-determining section, a main pumping means for controlling a partial pressure of oxygen in the measurement gas introduced into the first space to have a p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 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 4d and a second measurement chamber 26 communicating with the first mea... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7404880 | Sensor element A layered sensor element used in a gas measuring sensor for measuring a physical property of a measuring gas, preferably for determining the temperature of the measuring gas or the concentration of a component of the measuring gas. The sensor element contains a wave... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7331213 | Sensor device for determining constituents of a flowing medium A device has at least one sensor for determining one or more constituents of a medium flowing in an installation duct. The device has a housing and a main channel, which is connected to said housing and is closed at an end remote from the housing. The main channel h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318273 | Method for producing pH probes A method for producing a pH measuring probe includes: providing an electrode wire protruding out of both sides of a recording device, the electrode wire being fixed to the recording device with the first end thereof, placing a glass tube over a second end of the ele... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316768 | Gas sensor and method of manufacture A gas sensor comprises an electrically conductive housing including a shelf member and a chamber containing an electrolyte. A conductive cathode mounted on the shelf member has a plurality of holes therein and a conductive tail element. A gas permeable membrane over... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309405 | Method of forming ITO film Disclosed is a method of forming an ITO film by optimized sequential sputter deposition of seed and bulk layers having different sputter process conditions, which is applicable to various display devices, and more particularly, to an organic light-emitting device ne... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7276142 | Combination pH electrode with stable standard potential Disclosed are combination glass pH electrodes, the standard potential of which is stabilized by means one or more of the following structural modifications: (a) incorporating a noble metal internal element in the pH half-cell;... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 outside; (b) a solid electrolyte layer surrounding the heater portion a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7232512 | System and method of sensitivity adjustment for an electrochemical sensor A gas detector with a compensated electrochemical sensor exhibits altered sensitivity in response to decreasing sensitivity relative to both gas exposure and non-gas exposure. A sensitivity adjustment can be established in response thereto. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7196524 | Sensor plug-in head, particularly for a potentiometric sensor and potentiometric sensor comprising a sensor plug-in head For simplified supply of potentiometric sensors with a reference electrolyte, a sensor plug head for connecting to a cable connection piece of a potentiometric sensor is provided. The sensor plug head including, besides the usual electric connections, a supply conne... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186325 | Pressure-resistant reference electrode for electrochemical measurements A pressure-resistant reference electrode for electrochemical measurements includes both a half cell and a primary current bridge, provided for closing an electrochemical contact between the half cell and a measurement medium, which current bridge contains a primary ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168423 | Gas sensor units for engines In a multipurpose engine with a reduced or limited displacement adapted for use in a portable work machine or the like, the engine includes a detecting element of a gas sensor for controlling an air-fuel ratio. Damage or degradation of the detecting element due to v... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7138604 | Ceramic device, sensor device, method of making the same, and method for sensing gas A sensor may comprise a first electrode and a second electrode in mutual ionic communication with an electrolyte, a first socket disposed near a rear portion of a sensor element, a first lead disposed in electrical communication with the first electrode and in physi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124622 | Sensing element for determining a physical property of a gas mixture A sensing element for determining a physical property of a gas mixture, in particular the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, includes a sensor element, arranged in a housing and connected to at least one electrical cable, as well as a molded piece, which se... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 surrounding the heater portion and activated by heat to conduct oxygen ions the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112433 | Electrical analysis of biological membranes A biochip device for electrical analysis of biological membranes. The device may include a substrate assembly defining an array of apertures and including thin-film devices configured to sense an electrical property of biological membranes that seal the apertures. T... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7074309 | Heater-equipped air-fuel ratio sensor A heater is inserted into an inside chamber of a sensor element until a tip end of the heater is surely brought into contact with a bottom surface of the inside chamber. Next, a metallic holder is attached on an outside surface of the heater. Then, the metallic hold... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066009 | Gas sensor In a gas sensor internally including a sensing element for measuring a specific gas concentration of a measured gas, an outer surface thereof has a measured gas surface exposed to a measured gas and an atmosphere surface exposed to the atmosphere, and at least a por... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7037112 | Virtual arm for measurement of humidity, temperature, and water vapor transmission rate in materials A device is provided for simulating a human skin microclimate and for measuring conditions such as temperature and humidity in the simulated microclimate. The microclimate is formed, for example, with fluids, gases and/or heat in a chamber of the device or between a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025871 | Reference electrode having a microfluidic flowing liquid junction A flowing junction reference electrode exhibiting heretofore unattainable potentiometric characteristics is described, comprising a microfluidic liquid junction member that is situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. This microfluidic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7005049 | Reference electrode having a microfluidic flowing liquid junction A flowing junction reference electrode comprises a microfluidic liquid junction member situated between a pressurized reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. This liquid junction member has an array of nanochannels spanning the member and physically co... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6954560 | Attenuated total reflection spectroscopic analysis of organic additives in metal plating solutions The present invention relates to method and apparatus for determining concentrations of organic additives in metal plating solutions, based on infrared spectroscopy, and more specifically attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR). ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951601 | Oxygen concentration detector The oxygen concentration detector of the present invention includes a sensor element having a solid electrolyte and having an external electrode and an internal electrode provided on the external surface and the internal surface, respectively, and a heater provided ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6896780 | Microelectrode, microelectrode array and method for manufacturing the microelectrode The present invention relates to a microelectrode, a microelectrode array, and a method of manufacturing the microelectrode of which temperature can be controlled. The microelectrode comprises a sealed cavity formed in a silicon substrate for thermal isolation, a mi... | 05/24/2005 |
| 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 element is embedded in a first insulation which in turn is surrounded, a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6740218 | Gas sensor A gas sensing element comprises a solid electrolytic element, a measured gas sensing electrode provided on an outer surface of the solid electrolytic element, and a reference gas sensing electrode facing a reference gas chamber. A heater is accommodated in the refer... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6733643 | Apparatus for measuring a component in a liquid sample A measurement apparatus, including a biosensor for carrying out measurement of a specified component in a liquid sample using an enzymatic reaction, a computation processing part for obtaining the computed value by computing an output signal of the biosensor, and a ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730199 | Apparatus for measuring the electrophysiological activity of a group of cells The invention concerns an apparatus (10) comprising essentially a support (11) wherein is placed a measuring card (12), a perfusion device (13), a thermostat (14), a measuring box (15) and a measurement management system ( | 05/04/2004 |
| 6723216 | Method and apparatus for detection of a bubble in a liquid A method for detection of a bubble in a liquid which is placed in a measuring chamber and is in contact with a sensor for measuring the partial pressure of a particular gas in a liquid is provided. The method includes performing a first measurement of the partial pr... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6676818 | Exhaust gas probe For the reduction of internal stresses and formation of cracks caused thereby, an exhaust gas probe includes two measuring electrodes separated by a solid electrolyte layer made substantially of ZrO2 and a circuit-board conductor layer for elec... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6660143 | Oxygen sensor A sensor structure having a metallic terminal member. The metallic terminal member 23 includes press portions 23d and 23e, which press the heating member 3 in a direction intersecting the center axis of a hollow portion 2a of an oxygen detection element 2... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6660142 | Nonfragile and quickly activatable structure of gas sensor element A nonfragile ad quickly activatable structure of a gas sensor element which may be built in a gas sensor employed in an air-fuel ratio control system for automotive vehicles for measuring the concentration of gas such O2, NOx, or CO. The gas se... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6652721 | Sensor for determination of O2 concentration in liquids A sensor (1) for measuring O2 concentrations in liquids (2) has a working electrode (3), with a counterelectrode (4) and with a reference electrode (5), wherein the working electrode (3) and the counterelectrode (4) are in contact with the liqu... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645360 | Planar sensor element for a gas sensor A sensor element, having a ceramic body made of a laminate having at least one ceramic foil and having a heating element embedded in the ceramic body. At least the longitudinal edges of the ceramic body have a chamfer. The heat source formed by the heatin... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635161 | NOx sensor control circuit unit and NOx sensor system using the same A control circuit unit which enables an existing NOx sensor to serve not only as an NOx sensor but also as an oxygen concentration sensor by attachment to an existing NOx sensor. A control circuit unit 31 is connected to an NOx sensor 1. A first pump elem... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627059 | Electrochemical sensor An electrochemical measuring sensor for determining gas components and/or gas concentrations in gas mixtures, having a sensor element which has at least one signal-forming electrode having a supply lead of the signal-forming electrode and at least one ele... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6620315 | System for optimized control of multiple oxidizer feedstreams This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for controlling and optimizing the feed of two or more oxidizers to an aqueous stream, thereby providing a synergistic effect. The system combines the use of amperometric or ORP based sensor technology ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616821 | Reference electrode having a microfluidic flowing liquid junction A flowing junction reference electrode exhibiting heretofore unattainable potentiometric characteristics is described, comprising a microfluidic liquid junction member that is situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. This m... | 09/09/2003 |
