Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chouo Kenkyusho
  • Patent number: 4510036
    Abstract: The invention provides a limiting electric current type oxygen sensor with a microheater, having: an oxygen ionic conductor; an anode and a cathode respectively formed on two major surfaces of the oxygen ionic conductor; an insulating film which has a porosity of not less than 0.2 [%], an average pore diameter of not less than 140 [.ANG.], and a thickness between 0.2 [.mu.m] and 10 [.mu.m], and which is formed on one of the anode and the cathode so as to regulate a flow rate of oxygen gas and to provide electrical insulation; and the microheater formed on the insulating film. The oxygen ionic conductor is electrically insulated from the microheater through the insulating film. The invention also provides a limiting electric current type oxygen concentration detecting device having the limiting electric current type oxygen sensor and a constant temperature control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chouo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Takashi Takeuchi, Hideaki Takahashi, Keiichi Saji, Haruyoshi Kondo, Kiyoharu Hayakawa