Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas detection apparatus
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Application No.: US14811206Application Date: 2015-07-28
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Publication No.: US10024813B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Yusuke Matsukura , Shoji Kitanoya , Masaya Watanabe
- Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-156628 20140731
- Main IPC: G01N27/12
- IPC: G01N27/12

Abstract:
A gas detection apparatus (1) which includes a gas detection element (3) including a heat generation resistor (34); an energization control section (7) which switches the energization state of the heat generation resistor to alternately assume one of two resistance values corresponding to one of two set temperatures set in advance; and a casing member (90) which accommodates the gas detection element and has a gas inlet opening (92h). The gas detection apparatus further includes a humidity computation section (7) which computes the humidity of the object atmosphere based on a ratio of a high-temperature-time voltage VH to a low-temperature-time voltage VL; and a clogging determination section (7) which determines the degree of clogging of the gas inlet opening based on a change in the humidity computed by the humidity computation section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160033436A1 GAS DETECTION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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