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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Dräger Safety Ag & Co. Kgaa, Lübeck, DE;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/15 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/15 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 33/0029 (2013.01); G01N 2021/158 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gas sensor () distinguishes between a target gas and a contaminant and includes a light source (), a measurement volume (), a detector (), and an adaptable filter system () with a first optical filter and a second optical filter. The filter system switches between a first composite state, with both filters in a reference state, a second composite state, with the first filter in a first reference state and the second filter in a second measurement state, a third composite state with the first filter in a first measurement state and the second filter in a second reference state, and a fourth composite state, with both filters in a measurement state. The gas sensor detects a target gas and makes a determination as to a presence of the contaminant by comparing the respective detector signals, generated during at least three of the composite states, with each other.


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