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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 06, 2008
Masamichi Hiraiwa, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhiro Inoue, Gifu, JP;
Satoshi Teramoto, Aichi, JP;
Yukinobu Nagao, Aichi, JP;
Masamichi Hiraiwa, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhiro Inoue, Gifu, JP;
Satoshi Teramoto, Aichi, JP;
Yukinobu Nagao, Aichi, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sensor control device for controlling a current application state of a gas sensor element when measuring a specific gas component concentration in a gas to be measured using the gas sensor element, which sensor control device includes: at least one cell having a solid electrolyte body and a pair of electrodes; a sensor heating unit as defined herein; an oxygen reference pole generating unit as defined herein; a damage avoidance time elapse determining unit as defined herein; and a reference generation current application permitting unit as defined herein.