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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
Hiroki Nishijima, Suntou-gun, JP;
Shinji Ikeda, Mishima, JP;
Keiichiro Aoki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yoshinobu Yoshihara, Kusatsu, JP;
Yasufumi Nakanishi, Kusatsu, JP;
Takaya Suzuki, Kusatsu, JP;
Hiroki Nishijima, Suntou-gun, JP;
Shinji Ikeda, Mishima, JP;
Keiichiro Aoki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yoshinobu Yoshihara, Kusatsu, JP;
Yasufumi Nakanishi, Kusatsu, JP;
Takaya Suzuki, Kusatsu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A porous structure including a pair of electrodes disposed in a flow direction of exhaust gas and a solid electrolyte interposed between the electrodes is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, and the amount of a particulate matter in exhaust gas is specified based on a potential difference generated between the electrodes.