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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182664 | Sensor control device A sensor control device for controlling a current application state of a gas sensor element when measuring a specific gas component concentration in a gas to be measured using the gas sensor element, which sensor control device includes: at least one cell having a s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8152979 | Ammonia gas sensor An ammonia gas sensor including a reference electrode (320) is formed on the back surface of a solid electrolyte member (310), and a detection electrode (335) is formed on the front surface of the solid electrolyte member (310). A detecti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8097136 | Hydrogen gas sensor A first electrode and a second electrode are provided, and an electrolyte is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are made of corresponding different materials in chemical potential for hydrogen ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097137 | Gas sensor element and gas sensor To provide a gas sensor element having a base body whose durability is unlikely to deteriorate during the use and exhibiting excellent endurance and responsiveness. [Means for Solution] A gas sensor element 2 comprising: a closed-bottomed cylindrical b... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083913 | Electrochemical cell for testing the electrocatalytic behavior of multiple materials An electrochemical cell for testing the electrochemical behavior of a plurality of materials comprises: a first electrode; a counter-electrode bearing an electrochromic material having a visual or measurable property which changes in a manner proportional to the tot... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8080143 | Gas sensor element, method for manufacturing the same, and gas sensor A method for manufacturing a gas sensor element (300), which includes a plate-like second solid electrolyte member (109), a fourth electrode (110) formed on the second solid electrolyte member (109), and a protection layer (111) in... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8057653 | Carbon dioxide sensor The present invention generally relates to carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor that incorporates lithium phosphate (Li3PO4) as an electrolyte and ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043491 | Particle-dispersed complex and solid electrolytic sensor using it A particle-dispersed complex which can serve as a very active electrochemical catalyst used as the sensor electrode of a solid electrolyte sensor such as an oxygen sensor and an exhaust gas sensor that are sensitive even at low temperature, or as the electrode or th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029656 | System, apparatus, and method for measuring an ion concentration of a measured fluid An apparatus, system and method maximizes efficiency and accuracy of measuring an ion concentration of a measured fluid by varying a flow of ions within a measuring cell in accordance with an output signal of a sensor cell. The pump current through a pump cell is sw... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016988 | Gas sensor A gas sensor is provided. The gas sensor includes a post, an ion conductive layer, a first sensing portion and a second sensing portion. The post includes a first end, a second end, a side surface and a groove, wherein the groove is formed on the side surface of the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012323 | Compact electrochemical bifunctional NO/Osensors with internal reference for high temperature applications A bifunctional total NOx and O2 sensor assembly with an internal reference for high temperature sensing. Two electrochemical total NOx(NO+NO2) measuring systems and method were coupled with a metal/metal oxide internal oxy... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7972488 | Sensor deterioration judging apparatus and sensor deterioration judging method In a sensor diagnosis process, a controller for controlling an NOx gas sensor performs processing of changing the oxygen partial pressure in a second measurement chamber by changing the oxygen partial pressure in a first measurement chamber (S190), processing... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964072 | Sensor material and gas sensor element and gas sensor derived therefrom A NOX sensor material includes a composition of Ba(1-X)AXFe(12-Y)BYO19. Constituent A and constituent B are doping elements. Constituent A is selected from the group consisting of Bi, La and Pb and X ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7943024 | Porous electrode and process of producing the same A technology which makes it possible to prolong the service life of a porous electrode constituted by a sintered body of an electrode metal material and a ceramic material, and the service life of an NOx sensor element having the porous electrode. The porous electro... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7922884 | Device for measuring the pressure in a gas mixture A device for measuring the pressure of a gas mixture composed of gas components has an amperometric sensor that works on the limiting current principle, having two electrodes connected to a direct voltage that are situated on a solid electrolyte, of which one electr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918977 | Solid state electrochemical gas sensor and method for fabricating same An electrochemical gas sensor, a method for making the sensor and methods for the detection of a gaseous species. The electrochemical gas sensor is a solid-state gas sensor that includes a solid polymer electrolyte. A working electrode is separated from a counter el... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7887683 | Electrochemical sensor compensated for relative humidity The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensor having both a reference sensor and an active sensor, whereby each reference and active sensor includes a substrate, a counter electrode deposited on a surface of the substrate, a sensing electrode also deposited... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7799192 | Sensor element A sensor element to determine the temperature or the oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes a first solid electrolyte film, a second solid electrolyte film, and a diffusion barrier disposed in a layer plane between the first... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7785457 | Sensor element and method for determining ammonia A sensor element of a gas sensor, which is used for determining the concentration of ammonia and, optionally, at least one further component of a gas mixture, in particular in exhaust gases of combustion engines. The sensor element includes at least one first auxili... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7776194 | Gas concentration measuring apparatus designed to compensate for output error A gas concentration measuring apparatus for use in air-fuel ratio control of motor vehicle engines is provided which is designed to select or determine a correction factor for an output of an A/F sensor, as produced through a sensor control circuit, for compensating... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771576 | Gas sensor and method for manufacturing gas sensor A gas sensor including a plate-like gas detecting element which extends in a longitudinal direction and in which a plurality of ceramic layers are stacked and a detecting portion is provided at a leading end side of the gas detecting element, the gas detecting eleme... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763154 | Method and sensor element for determining a gas in a gas mixture A method and a sensor element are provided for determining the concentration of an oxidizable gas in a gas mixture, e.g., in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines. Within the sensor element of a gas sensor, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, and/or carbon monoxide co... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7736479 | Electrochemical sensor having nonporous working electrode The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensor having a substrate, substrate surface for depositing electrodes thereon, counter and sensing electrodes for measuring current flow, an electrolyte for providing an electrical connection between the electrodes, a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727369 | Gas sensor A gas sensor is provided that has the diffusion of the measuring gas toward the working electrode adapted in such a way as to obtain a good signal-to-basic current ratio. Provisions are made for the measuring gas to be transported via a capillary arrangement (11 | 06/01/2010 |
| 7655122 | Oxygen concentration detecting element An oxygen concentration detecting element including a base member made of an electrically insulating material, a heater disposed on an outer surface of the base member, the heater being adapted to generate heat upon being energized, and an oxygen detecting unit disp... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7608177 | Electrochemical gas sensor An electrochemical gas sensor with a stacked arrangement of electrodes and nonwoven layers arranged in parallel, comprising at least one measuring electrode (3) and at least one counterelectrode (5). A porous membrane (8) that is permeable to ai... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7527717 | Sulfur resistant sensors Sulfur resistant sensors and a process analytic system employing such sensors are provided. The sensors generally include a treatment or material that is adapted to increase the resistance of certain portions of the sensors to exposure to sulfur. In one aspect, an i... | 05/05/2009 |
| 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 oxygen concentration in the gas of before oxygen is formed by the oxyg... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435321 | Proton conductor gas sensor A MEA 6 having a proton conductive membrane is sandwiched by metal plates 14, 15 and they are further sandwiched by heat pressable films 20, 21. An opening 24 and an opening 18 are formed in the heat pressable film 20 and th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434448 | Sensor A sensor for determining a physical property such as the concentration of a gas component or the temperature of a measuring gas, e.g., the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, has a sensor element which is secured in a housing and is surrounded at an end sect... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424819 | Gas sensor A gas sensor in which respective terminal leads are fitted and connected to respective electrodes on inner and outer circumferential surface of a hollow, cup-shaped detection element When a leading end connecting portion of a terminal lead (71, 91) is dispose... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422646 | Electrochemical sensor with dry ionomer membrane and methodfor making the same A miniaturized gas sensor comprised of film type electrodes, on a non-conductive supportive substrate, and in contact with a dry ionomer electrolyte, for detection of toxic gases, i.e., carbon monoxide, and other oxidizable or reducible gases and vapors and method o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419736 | Mixed ion conductor A mixed ionic conductor of the present invention includes a perovskite oxide of Ba, Ce, and In. The perovskite oxide is a crystalline compound expressed by Ba(Ce1-xInx)pO3, where x is 0.4 to 0.6 and p is 1 to 1.02. An elec... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416802 | Electrode-supported solid state electrochemical cell A process for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell comprises, in one embodiment according to the invention: forming a plastic mass comprising a mixture of an electrolyte substance and an electrochemically active substance; extruding the plastic mass through a die t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413641 | Gas sensor with improved structure of protective cover An improved structure of a protective cover assembly of a gas sensor is provided. The protective cover assembly is of a double-walled structure made up of an inner and an outer cylindrical cover with gas holes. A sensing element is disposed within the inner cover. A... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410558 | Method and apparatus for determining a total concentration of a component in a mixture of components The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a total concentration of a component in a sample, including a reactor for oxidizing or reducing the sample, a chromatographic column coupled to the reactor for separating the component in the sample, an... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407567 | Gas sensor element and gas sensor A gas sensor element including: a solid electrolyte layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode formed on the first surface of the solid electrolyte layer; a second electrode formed on the second surface of the solid electrolyte layer; and a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404883 | Insulation bushing assembly for an exhaust gas sensor An insulation bushing assembly for use with an exhaust gas sensor. The insulation bushing assembly includes an insulation bushing having a passageway defining a surface, and a contact plate assembly having a contact plate coupled with the insulation bushing. A resil... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404882 | Film-type solid polymer ionomer sensor and sensor cell A miniaturized gas sensor including film type electrodes, and a solid ionomer electrolyte, for the detection of toxic gases, i.e., carbon monoxide, and other oxidizable or reducible gases and vapors is described. The all-solid planar sensor cell has two or more film... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
