Title:
PM AMOUNT DETECTION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011256811
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a PM (Particulate Matter) amount detection system exactly detecting the amount of the PM contained in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine.
In the PM amount detection system, a porous structure including a pair of electrodes disposed in the flow direction of the exhaust gas and a solid electrolyte interposed between the electrodes is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine and the amount of the PM in the exhaust gas is specified based on a potential difference generated between the electrodes as a parameter.
Inventors:
NISHIJIMA HIROTAKA
IKEDA SHINJI
AOKI KEIICHIRO
YOSHIHARA FUKUZEN
NAKANISHI YASUFUMI
SUZUKI TAKAYA
IKEDA SHINJI
AOKI KEIICHIRO
YOSHIHARA FUKUZEN
NAKANISHI YASUFUMI
SUZUKI TAKAYA
Application Number:
JP2010133048A
Publication Date:
December 22, 2011
Filing Date:
June 10, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
RITSUMEIKAN
RITSUMEIKAN
International Classes:
F01N3/023; F01N3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2010054432A | 2010-03-11 | |||
| JP2009042021A | 2009-02-26 | |||
| JP2009042020A | 2009-02-26 | |||
| JP2009144577A | 2009-07-02 | |||
| JP2008119618A | 2008-05-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi
Kazunobu Sera
Akira Hirakawa
Takehiko Sekine
Katsuhiko Imahori
Fuminori Miyashita
Kazunobu Sera
Akira Hirakawa
Takehiko Sekine
Katsuhiko Imahori
Fuminori Miyashita