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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Kuniyuki Izawa, Mino, JP;
Kenichi Yoshioka, Mino, JP;
Chizumi Kitagawa, Mino, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Figaro Engineering Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/124 (2013.01); G01N 33/0013 (2013.01); G01N 27/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas is detected using a MEMS gas sensor. The electrical power to a heater in the gas sensor is changed between a low level, a high level suitable for detection of detection target gas, and a 0 level, and, therefore, poisonous gas is evaporated or oxidized at the low level, and the detection target gas is detected at the high level.