Patents by Inventor Mike McCormick

Mike McCormick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Unheated planar sensor element for determining the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture
    Patent number: 6940287
    Abstract: An unheated planar sensor element for determining the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture, in particular the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, has a sensor foil made of a solid electrolyte with an outer electrode exposed to the measuring gas, and an inner electrode exposed to a reference gas, as well as a reference-gas channel, which is covered by the sensor foil on one side and accommodates the inner electrode. To produce a small-volume, cost-effective unheated sensor element for use in small combustion engines having low power output yet sufficiently satisfactory measuring accuracy, the reference-gas channel is sealed on the underside by an additional sensor foil made of a solid electrolyte, and covered by an inner electrode lying inside the reference-gas channel and an outer electrode exposed to the measuring gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Jens Schneider, Detlef Heimann, Thomas Wahl, Hans-Joerg Renz, Norman Hahn, James Richard Waldrop, II, Damien Barnes, Mike McCormick, John Day
  • Unheated planar sensor element for determining the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture
    Publication number: 20050093551
    Abstract: An unheated planar sensor element for determining the concentration of a gas component in a gas mixture, in particular the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, has a sensor foil made of a solid electrolyte with an outer electrode exposed to the measuring gas, and an inner electrode exposed to a reference gas, as well as a reference-gas channel, which is covered by the sensor foil on one side and accommodates the inner electrode. To produce a small-volume, cost-effective unheated sensor element for use in small combustion engines having low power output yet sufficiently satisfactory measuring accuracy, the reference-gas channel is sealed on the underside by an additional sensor foil made of a solid electrolyte, and covered by an inner electrode lying inside the reference-gas channel and an outer electrode exposed to the measuring gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Jens Schneider, Detlef Heimann, Thomas Wahl, Hans-Joerg Renz, Norman Hahn, James Waldrop, Damien Barnes, Mike McCormick, John Day