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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:
Dec. 06, 1994

Filed:

Jan. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kevin Rhodes, Newton, UT (US);

Ernie Vandenwijngaert, Logan, UT (US);

Assignee:

Lundahl Instruments, Inc., Logan, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 233 ; 73 2336 ; 73 2341 ; 422 83 ; 422 84 ;
Abstract

A gaseous detection system for detecting the existence of a certain gas and further detecting a certain level or percentage of that certain gas within a prescribed environment. An example is the use of the gas detection system in a motor vehicle or elsewhere to determine when the driver of the motor vehicle may be driving under the influence of alcohol, and alternatively, for providing signals that may be used for evidentiary purposes of the alcohol content in the breath of the driver. The system includes a sensor unit for sensing ethanol in the atmospheric contents of the test person's breath and utilizing fresh air and a reference gas to determine the amount, if any, of blood-alcohol content of a person for evidentiary or other purposes.


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