摘要:
An electrostatic type fuel measuring device comprises a pair of oppositely arranged electrodes separated by insulating spacers immersed in liquid fuel in a tank so that a variation of the electrostatic capacity between the electrodes due to a variation in the liquid fuel level is detected electrically and the fuel amount is measured and indicated.
摘要:
A device having a probe of the oxygen concentration cell type to be disposed in a combustion gas to detect actual air/fuel ratio values of an air-fuel mixture subjected to combustion. The probe has a gas impermeable layer of a solid electrolyte such as zirconia, a porous reference electrode layer made of a catalytic material such as platinum and formed on the solid electrolyte layer, a porous gas-diffusion layer covering the reference electrode layer and a porous and noncatalytic measurement electrode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer so as to be spaced from the reference electrode layer. A DC power supply is connected to the probe to force a constant current of an adequate intensity to flow through the solid electrolyte layer between the two electrode layers. Depending on the direction of the current flow, an output voltage of this device becomes indicative of air/fuel ratio values above or below the stoichiometric air/fuel ratio.
摘要:
A device suitable for use in engine exhaust gas to detect actual air/fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine. The probe of the device has three electrodes. An oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte occupies a space between the first and second electrodes, and a porous layer of similar solid electrolyte occupies a space between the second and third electrodes such that exhaust gas directly contacts the first and third electrodes and also contacts the second electrode through the porous solid electrolyte layer. At least one of the first and second electrodes, particularly the second, is made of a catalytic material, and the first and second electrodes serve as output terminals of the probe. Preferably the second and third electrodes are connected to a DC power supply to force a current to flow through the porous solid electrolyte layer to control oxygen partial pressure at the second electrode surface. By selectively determining catalysis of the first and second electrodes and/or the direction or intensity of the current, air/fuel ratios above, below and equal to a stoichiometric ratio can be detected.
摘要:
Emission control apparatus for internal combustion engines is provided with a sensor for detecting the concentration of a particular exhaust composition in the emissions from the engine. A signal indicating the deviation of the mixture ratio from a controlled point is generated by comparing the output from the sensor with a reference level, the signal being modified in amplitude according to a predetermined control characteristic and used to regulate the air-fuel mixture ratio at the desired control point. The varying magnitude of the sensed concentration is smoothed into a signal of slowly varying magnitude which is used to control the reference level so that error introduced into the deviation indicating signal due to the change with time in the output performance of the exhaust composition sensor is self-compensated. A level sensor is provided to detect when the reference level reaches an end of the control range to change the operating mode of the engine from closed-loop to open-loop mode.
摘要:
A solid electrolyte tube closed at one end and two porous electrode layers respectively coated on the outer and inner surfaces of the electrolyte tube constitute a known oxygen concentration cell. A tubular metal shell encloses the electrolyte tube partly such that a closed end portion of the tube protrudes from the shell and that the outer electrode coating is locally in contact with the inside of the shell. To protect the open end of the electrolyte tube against splashing of water during use without interrupting the admission of atmospheric air as a reference gas into the inside of the electrolyte tube, a tubular cap member of a metal is coaxially fixed to and electrically connected at its one end to the shell at one end portion surrounding the open end of the electrolyte tube, and a cross-sectionally circular plug of an insulating material is coaxially and tightly received in and fixed to the cap member to occupy an end portion, contiguous to the free end, of the interior of the cap member. This plug has two axial bores which respectively allow two cable wires of the sensor to tightly pass therethrough and an air-admitting passage formed therein independently of these two bores in such an arrangement and cross-sectional area that unpressurized water does not pass therethrough from the atmosphere to the unoccupied portion of the interior of the cap member.
摘要:
A sensor mainly intended for use in an engine exhaust system and constituted of a hollow and bottomless cylinder of a solid oxygen-ion electrolyte such as a ZrO.sub.2 -CaO system. A pair of porous and conductive films are respectively deposited on the outer and inner surfaces of the cylinder and a pair of conductor members are fixed to the cylinder. One of the conductor members covers hermetically one end of the cylinder while the other is fixed to the opposite end region of the cylinder and bored such that the interior space of the cylinder communicates with an exterior atmosphere exclusively through the bore and such that the cylinder can be entirely held in a heated gas subject to the measurement when the sensor is attached to a vessel containing the heated gas therein. The cylinder of solid electrolyte may be made up of either a single piece or a plurality of identical pieces hermetically joined to one another in an axial direction, wherein the conductive films of each piece are connected in series with ones of the adjoining piece.
摘要:
An oxygen sensor particularly useful for detecting oxygen concentration in exhaust gas of internal combustion engine is principally made up of a solid electrolyte tube which is closed at one end, anode and cathode electrode layers respectively formed on the outer and inner surfaces of the electrolyte tube and a tubular metal shell which tightly receives therein the electrolyte tube, leaving a closed end portion of the electrolyte tube protruded from the shell. To protect the protruded portion of the electrolyte tube against a direct exposure to a high velocity hot gas stream to be measured and a collision with any external article, without obstructing a rapid and uniform heating of the electrolyte tube by the gas stream, a hood in the shape of a cylindrical tube with a closed end is fixed at its open end portion to the shell to enclose therein the closed end portion of the electrolyte tube. The hood has a single gas inlet aperture formed in the side wall to extend axially of the hood and open against the gas stream and at least one gas outlet aperture formed in the side wall circumferentially at approximately 180.degree. from the inlet aperture. The total area of the outlet aperture is smaller than the area of the inlet aperture.
摘要:
An oxygen sensor comprises an electrolyte which is shaped into a conical tube having a closed end of small diameter and an open end of large diameter. The wall thickness of the electrolyte is gradually decreased toward the closed end from the open end and that of the closed end is 0.3 to 1.0 mm so as to provide a high sensitivity.
摘要:
A valve unit includes a valve portion arranged in a laminate body operable to open and close a flow passage; a drive portion that generates drive force for driving the valve portion; and a transmission portion arranged between the valve portion and the drive portion for transmitting the drive force of the drive portion to the valve portion. The laminate body includes: a first plate member including the drive portion; and a second plate member including a hole functioning as part of the flow passage; and a third plate member arranged above the second plate member and including a plate spring so as to urge the valve portion to a closing position. The valve portion pivots and inclines about a position in contact with the plate spring based on the drive force from the drive portion.