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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Steven Wells, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gert Burkhardt, Pasadena, CA (US);
Anthony Thai, Orange, CA (US);
Steven Wells, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gert Burkhardt, Pasadena, CA (US);
Anthony Thai, Orange, CA (US);
Georg Fischer Signet LLC, El Monte, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrochemical sensor is provided that includes a housing having an outer wall, an axial bore circumscribed by the outer wall, and a barrier wall that aids in defining a reference cavity. The housing further including a plurality of cross members in spaced relation to one another disposed between the axial bore and the outer wall, each cross member defining an aperture. A junction plug is disposed at the distal end of the housing. The junction plug comprises a porous material that enables ionic flow through the junction plug. The sensor enables ionic communication between the target fluid and the reference electrode within the reference cavity through the apertures of the plurality of cross members. In this manner, the sensor provides generally a long, tortuous flow path, or salt bridge, between the target fluid and the reference electrode, resulting in a high resistance factor for the sensor.