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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Brian Keith Davis, Butler, PA (US);
Towner Bennett Scheffler, Butler, PA (US);
Michael Alvin Brown, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Brian Keith Davis, Butler, PA (US);
Towner Bennett Scheffler, Butler, PA (US);
Michael Alvin Brown, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Mine Safety Appliances Company, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrochemical gas sensor includes a housing, a first working electrode within the housing and having a first section of gas transfer medium and a first layer of catalyst on the first section of gas transfer medium, and at least a second working electrode within the housing and having a second section of gas transfer medium and a second layer of catalyst on the second section of gas transfer medium. At least one of the first section of gas transfer medium and the second section of gas transfer medium includes at least one area in which the structure thereof has been irreversibly altered to limit diffusion of gas through the at least one of the first section of gas transfer medium or the second section of gas transfer medium toward the other of the at least one of the first section of gas transfer medium and the second section of gas transfer medium.