公开(公告)号：US10352893B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15250143

申请日：2016-08-29

Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.

Inventor： Keisuke Nakagawa ,  Shigehiro Ohtsuka ,  Hisashi Kozuka ,  Kazuma Ito ,  Ippei Kato

IPC: G01N27/406 ,  G01N27/407

Abstract: A gas sensor control apparatus including a gas sensor element, a heater for heating the gas sensor element, and heater energization control means for feedback controlling the supply of electric current to the heater such that the internal resistance of the gas sensor element coincides with a target resistance. The gas sensor element has a solid electrolyte member and an electrode portion including an outside electrode and an inside electrode. At least a portion of the electrode portion is formed of an electrically conductive oxide whose main component is (i) a first perovskite phase which is represented by a composition formula of LaCo1−xNixO3±d (0.300≤x≤0.600, 0≤d≤0.4) and has a perovskite-type crystal structure, or (ii) a second perovskite phase which is represented by a composition formula of LaFe1−yNiyO3±d (0.450≤y≤0.700, 0≤d≤0.4) and has a perovskite-type crystal structure.

公开(公告)号：US10012612B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US15207690

申请日：2016-07-12

Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.

Inventor： Shigehiro Ohtsuka ,  Tomohiro Nishi ,  Keisuke Nakagawa ,  Kazuma Ito ,  Ippei Kato

IPC: G01N27/12 ,  G01N27/30 ,  G01N27/406 ,  G01N27/407 ,  G01D11/30 ,  G01N27/419

CPC classification number: G01N27/4076 ,  G01D11/30 ,  G01N27/4073 ,  G01N27/419

Abstract: An inside lead portion of a gas sensor element has a lanthanum zirconate layer arranged between an electrically conductive oxide layer and a solid electrolyte member. Meanwhile, an inside detection electrode portion of the gas sensor element is formed such that (i) no lanthanum zirconate layer is formed between an electrically conductive oxide layer and the solid electrolyte member, or (ii) a lanthanum zirconate layer thinner than the lanthanum zirconate layer of the inside lead portion is formed between the electrically conductive oxide layer and the solid electrolyte member.