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US 5,291,673 AGranted
Oxygen sensor system with signal correction
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDouglas R. Hamburg, Jeffrey A. Cook, Wayne J. Johnson, Louis J. Sherry
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AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDouglas R. Hamburg, Jeffrey A. Cook, Wayne J. Johnson, Louis J. Sherry
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An exhaust gas sensor system for use with an internal combustion engine having an exhaust conduit and a catalytic converter. The system includes an exhaust gas oxygen sensor, temperature sensor, and signal conditioner. The exhaust gas oxygen sensor is positioned on the conduit, downstream of the catalytic converter, and provides an oxygen level signal. The temperature sensor is also downstream of the catalytic converter, sensing the temperature of the oxygen sensor. A signal conditioner receives outputs from both the exhaust gas oxygen sensor and the temperature sensor. The oxygen level signal from the oxygen sensor is adjusted, according to the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, to provide a more accurate oxygen level signal to other components of the engine such as, for example, an air-fuel controller.
An exhaust gas sensor system for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust conduit and a catalytic converter on said conduit, said system comprising, in combination:
An exhaust gas sensor system for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust conduit and a catalytic converter on said conduit, said system comprising, in combination:
A process for correcting the output of an exhaust gas oxygen sensor to produce a conditioned signal, said exhaust gas oxygen sensor being interconnected to an exhaust conduit of an internal combustion engine downstream of a catalytic converter and including a heater that exhibits an impedance, comprising the steps:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.