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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Masashi Kawai, Miyoshi, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Kawai, Miyoshi, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 5/12 (2006.01); G01N 27/407 (2006.01); C23C 16/56 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/407 (2013.01); G01N 27/4075 (2013.01); B05D 3/04 (2013.01); C23C 14/58 (2013.01); C23C 14/5853 (2013.01); C23C 16/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A manufacturing method for an oxygen sensor that includes an oxygen sensor element includes: coating both surfaces of a solid electrolyte element of the oxygen sensor element with Pt films as a pair of electrodes; and heating at least one of the coated Pt films, coated on a side exposed to measured gas, in a gas atmosphere having a higher oxygen gas concentration than atmospheric gas to align a crystal orientation of the at least one of the Pt films with a (001) plane.