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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Keigo Mizutani, Okazaki, JP;

Shinya Teranishi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Keiichiro Aoki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Kazuhiro Wakao, Susono, JP;

Toyoharu Kaneko, Susono, JP;

Tatsuhiro Hashida, Shizuoka-ken, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 3/00 (2006.01); F01N 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/406 (2006.01); G01N 27/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 11/007 (2013.01); F01N 11/00 (2013.01); G01N 27/4065 (2013.01); G01N 27/4074 (2013.01);
Abstract

The object of the invention is to detect a concentration of a SOx included in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine easily and accurately by a limiting current type sensor. The invention relates to a SOx concentration detection device of the engine having a limiting current type sensor. The device of the invention comprises a detecting part for detecting the concentration of the SOx included in the exhaust gas by using an output current of the sensor while lowering a voltage applied to the sensor from a predetermined voltage.


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