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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomio Sugiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Nakae, Toyoake, JP;
Assignee:
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 2332 ;
Abstract
An air-fuel ratio sensor unit including a plate shaped pumping cell 11 with a pin hole 110, a sensing cell 12 including a reference gas chamber 160, a first and a second heating plates 13 and 14 which are arranged to contact with the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the pumping cell 11, and a spacer 15 arranged between the first heater 13 and the sensing cell 12. The spacer 15, and the first and the second heater plates 13 and 14 form a passageway for a gas to be detected.