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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1979
Hitoshi Niwa, Anjo, JP;
Naoto Miwa, Tsushima, JP;
Masatoshi Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Masami Ouki, Nagoya, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In an oxygen concentration sensing apparatus comprising a solid, oxygen ion conductive, electrolyte and intervening between two electrodes to generate across the two electrodes a potential difference due to a difference in oxygen concentrations at the boundaries between the two electrodes and the solid electrolyte, one of the two electrodes is made of a metal performing catalytic action, one end portion of the one electrode is embedded in the solid electrolyte to be fixed thereby, the other end portion of the one electrode projects outwardly of the solid electrolyte, a portion of the one electrode contacting with an outer surface of the solid electrolyte is hermetically sealed with a nonconductive layer of a heat-resistant material, and the other electrode is made of a porous metal performing catalytic action and is disposed on the outer surface of the solid electrolyte but preventing the other electrode from being in contact with the one electrode. Further, the oxygen concentration sensing apparatus may be provided with an electric circuit for making an electric current flow intermittently from the one electrode through the solid electrolyte to the other electrode thereby to maintain the oxygen concentration at the boundary between the one electrode and the solid electrolyte at a constant level.