US4541899A
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Method of heating a solid electrolyte body
Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd
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Filing: 1982-05-21
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Granted: 1985-09-17
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Expires: 2002-05-21
Abstract
Abstract In a heating system for heating a ceramic body suitably adapted for, but not limited to, a detector to measure the oxygen concentration of a gaseous mixture such as automobile exhaust gas by using the principle of an oxygen concentration cell made of an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte body with electrodes mounted on opposite surfaces thereof, the inventive heater or detector and the method use AC voltage electrode means provided on the solid electrolyte body to apply an AC voltage thereto for heating the heater or detector.
Inventors
- 👤 Syunzo Mase
- 👤 Shigeo Soejima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:33
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/26; G01N27/403; G01N27/406; G01N27/4067
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of heating a solid electrolyte body comprising the steps of: providing a heating element having two separate electrodes contacting the solid electrolyte body, such that said solid electrolyte body is located between said two separate electrodes; and applying an AC current across said two separate electrodes with a frequency sufficiently high such that an impedance between said electrodes is largely independent of interface capacitances between said electrodes and a surface where said electrodes contact said solid electrolyte body.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
80 words
A method of heating a solid electrolyte body comprising the steps of: providing a heating element having two separate electrodes contacting the solid electrolyte body, such that said solid electrolyte body is located between said two separate electrodes; and applying an AC current across said two separate electrodes with a frequency sufficiently high such that an impedance between said electrodes is largely independent of interface capacitances between said electrodes and a surface where said electrodes contact said solid electrolyte body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of heating of claim 1, wherein at least one of said electrodes is embedded in said solid electrolyte body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of heating of claim 1, wherein a refractory material covers at least one of said two electrodes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said applied frequency is sufficiently high such that an impedance between said two electrodes of said heating element is largely independent of intergranular capacitances between crystal grains of said solid electrolyte body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid electrolyte body is an oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte body.
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