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Vehicle exhaust gas analysis system

CA 1045847 A · Owner: United Technologies Corporation · Inventors: Knights, Anthony D.M.; Jowett, Terence W.; Rabinowitz, Charles M.

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The invention relates to a gas analysis system for measuring the amount of a selected contaminant contained within a sample gas. The system includes a gas sample cell which contains the gas and a reference cell containing a reference gas. The sample cell gas can be filled with ambient air. The system also includes a moving beam infrared energy generator to pass the beam alternately through the reference cell and the sample cell. A detector is positioned to receive the energy beam after it has passed through the cells, and the detector includes a filter which transmits only a selected narrow wave band within the spectrum of the infrared energy beam. The detector produces first and second …

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  • Granted January 9, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 9, 1996.
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GrantedJanuary 9, 1979
Term endedJanuary 9, 1996
Patent numberCA 1045847 A
Classification (IPC)G01N21/01 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJan 9, 1979Term endedJan 9, 1996

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