Gas sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10113988-B2
Application number	US-201514636254-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2014
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a gas sensor free from an unbonded space being in communication with an internal space. A gas sensor, which includes a sensor element including a plurality of layers that are bonded and formed of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte and which reduces a predetermined gas component of a measurement gas to identify a concentration of the gas component on the basis of a current flowing through the solid electrolyte, includes an internal space in which a measurement gas having the ability to reduce the gas component is provided. Of the plurality of layers, an interlaminar bonding layer, which bonds a layer forming a bottom surface of the internal space and a layer forming a side surface of the internal space, projects into the internal space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas sensor comprising:
a sensor element including a plurality of layers that are bonded and formed of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte, said gas sensor configured to reduce a predetermined gas component of a measurement gas to identify a concentration of said gas component on the basis of a current flowing through said solid electrolyte;
at least one internal space;
a measuring electrode in one of said at least one internal space and being configured to reduce said gas component of said measurement gas;
a first layer that is one of said plurality of layers and forms a bottom surface of said internal space;
a second layer that is another of said plurality of layers and forms a side surface of said internal space; and
an interlaminar bonding layer bonding said first layer and said second layer,
an exposed surface of said interlaminar bonding layer, that is exposed to said internal space, projecting from said side surface into said internal space such that said exposed surface has a straight-line edge parallel to said side surface in a lamination direction of the plurality of layers.

2. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one internal space includes first to third internal spaces,
said first internal space being in communication with the outside at a predetermined diffusion resistance,
said second internal space being in communication with said first internal space at a predetermined diffusion resistance,
said third internal space having said measuring electrode provided therein and being in communication with said second internal space at a predetermined diffusion resistance.

3. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein said interlaminar bonding layer is separate from said measuring electrode.

4. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of said interlaminar bonding layer is in contact with an outer peripheral edge of said measuring electrode.

5. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein said interlaminar bonding layer overlaps an outer peripheral portion of said measuring electrode.

6. The gas sensor according to claim 2 , wherein said interlaminar bonding layer is separate from said measuring electrode.

7. The gas sensor according to claim 2 , wherein an end of said interlaminar bonding layer is in contact with an outer peripheral edge of said measuring electrode.

8. The gas sensor according to claim 2 , wherein said interlaminar bonding layer overlaps an outer peripheral portion of said measuring electrode.

9. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a third layer that is one of said plurality of layers and forms a top surface of said internal space.

10. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the interlaminar bonding layer comprises zirconia.

11. The gas sensor according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of layers comprises zirconia.

Assignees

• Ngk Insulators Ltd

Inventors

• Saito Naoya
• Sekiya Takayuki
• Omori Takeshi
• Horisaka Sumiko

Classifications

• G01N27/4071

  using sensor elements of laminated structure · CPC title

• C04B2237/348

  Zirconia, hafnia, zirconates or hafnates · CPC title

• C04B2237/62

  Forming laminates or joined articles comprising holes, channels or other types of openings · CPC title

• C04B2237/592

  whereby the interlayer is not continuous, e.g. not the whole surface of the smallest substrate is covered by the interlayer · CPC title

• C04B2237/88

  Joining of two substrates, where a substantial part of the joining material is present outside of the joint, leading to an outside joining of the joint · CPC title