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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A gas analysis system for a vehicle includes a measurement chamber that includes at least one sensor configured for measuring substances in exhalations from vehicle occupants and/or the ambient air in a vehicle interior. The gas analysis system may also include at least one fan placed at a discharge opening for the system and designed to convey air through the measurement chamber, at least one filter located at an intake opening in the system and designed to prevent particles from contaminating the system; at least one first check valve, located between the measurement chamber and the fan, and designed to block a return-flow of the air out of the measurement chamber and/or ambient air from the vehicle interior into the measurement chamber, and a control unit, designed to regulate and/or control the conveyance of air through the measurement chamber.