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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Rolf Brück, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Bernhard Pfalzgraf, Ingolstadt, DE;
Bodo Odendall, Neuburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH, Lohmar, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/26 (2006.01); G01N 31/12 (2006.01); G01K 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gas probe, in particular a lambda probe for the analysis of exhaust gases from a mobile internal combustion engine, includes at least one protective device, at least partly surrounding a sensitive sensor element of the gas probe, which comes into contact with a gas. The at least one protective device includes a gas contact face which at least partly has a hygroscopic surface.