公开(公告)号：US20230228702A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18154357

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.

Inventor： Yusuke WATANABE ,  Yasumasa FUJIOKA ,  Yohei GORO ,  Akihiro NAKAJIMA ,  Shotaro NIIZUMA

IPC: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01N27/406

CPC classification number: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N33/0037 ,  G01N27/4067

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor element capable of realizing highly accurate concentration measurement in both environments where the concentration of a specific gas in a measurement target gas is high and where the concentration is low. A gas sensor according to one aspect of the present invention determines whether the concentration of a predetermined gas component in a measurement target gas is higher or lower than a predetermined concentration. If it is determined that the concentration is lower, a specific temperature that a sensor element is to reach as a result of being heated by a heater unit is set to be lower than the specific temperature set if it is determined that the concentration is higher.

公开(公告)号：US20240230582A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18489293

申请日：2023-10-18

Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

Inventor： Yusuke WATANABE ,  Yohei GORO

IPC: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/30 ,  G01N27/406 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/419 ,  G01N33/00

CPC classification number: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/301 ,  G01N27/4067 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/419 ,  G01N33/0037

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: an element body which is internally provided with a measurement-object gas flow portion; a first pump cell including a first inner electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow portion; a second pump cell including a second inner electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow portion; a heater; a first impedance measurer configured to measure a first impedance by applying a voltage to the first inner electrode; a second impedance measurer configured to measure a second impedance by applying a voltage to the second inner electrode; and a control apparatus configured to perform a heater control process of controlling the heater so that the first impedance reaches a target value, and a correction process of correcting, based on the second impedance, a second pump current which flows through the second pump cell or a value derived based on the second pump current.

公开(公告)号：US20240133839A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US18489293

申请日：2023-10-17

Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

Inventor： Yusuke WATANABE ,  Yohei GORO

IPC: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/30 ,  G01N27/406 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/419 ,  G01N33/00

CPC classification number: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/301 ,  G01N27/4067 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/419 ,  G01N33/0037

Abstract: A gas sensor includes: an element body which is internally provided with a measurement-object gas flow portion; a first pump cell including a first inner electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow portion; a second pump cell including a second inner electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow portion; a heater; a first impedance measurer configured to measure a first impedance by applying a voltage to the first inner electrode; a second impedance measurer configured to measure a second impedance by applying a voltage to the second inner electrode; and a control apparatus configured to perform a heater control process of controlling the heater so that the first impedance reaches a target value, and a correction process of correcting, based on the second impedance, a second pump current which flows through the second pump cell or a value derived based on the second pump current.

公开(公告)号：US20230228703A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18154370

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.

Inventor： Yusuke WATANABE ,  Yasumasa FUJIOKA ,  Yohei GORO ,  Akihiro NAKAJIMA ,  Shotaro NIIZUMA

IPC: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/406 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01N27/30

CPC classification number: G01N27/409 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/4067 ,  G01N33/0037 ,  G01N27/30

Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor element capable of realizing both highly accurate concentration measurement in environments where the concentration of a specific gas in a measurement target gas is high and highly accurate concentration measurement in environments where the concentration is low. A gas sensor according to one aspect of the present invention adjusts a sensor element drive temperature such that the value of cell resistance of a main pump cell is a predetermined value. Further, in the gas sensor according to one aspect of the present invention, the slope of the cell resistance of the main pump cell is larger than the slope of cell resistance of a measurement pump cell.

公开(公告)号：US20230194463A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18082437

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.

Inventor： Yohei GORO ,  Yusuke WATANABE ,  Akihiro NAKAJIMA ,  Toshihiro HIRAKAWA

IPC: G01N27/409 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G01N27/407 ,  G01N27/30 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/406

CPC classification number: G01N27/409 ,  G01N33/0037 ,  G01N27/4073 ,  G01N27/301 ,  G01N27/41 ,  G01N27/4067

Abstract: A gas sensor includes an element body, a pump cell, an impedance measurer, and a calculation unit. The pump cell has an inner electrode disposed in a measurement-object gas flow section of the element body, and an outer electrode disposed outside an element body to come into contact with a measurement-object gas, the pump cell being configured to adjust an oxygen concentration in a vicinity of the inner electrode. The impedance measurer performs first measurement to measure a first impedance by applying a voltage having a first frequency to the pump cell, and second measurement to measure a second impedance by applying a voltage having a second frequency higher than the first frequency to the pump cell. The calculation unit calculates the reaction resistance index correlated with the reaction resistance of the pump cell, based on the first and second impedances.