Device for protecting a lambda probe
First Claim
1. Device for prolonging the service life and improving the representativeness of the measurements of a heated lambda probe arranged in the exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine, wherein a gas deflector plate means is arranged upstream of and separated from the lambda probe in the exhaust gas flow as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gases, for deflecting the exhaust gas and water particles therein, and wherein the lambda probe is located in a lee of the exhaust gas deflector plate means and downstream thereof whereby the lambda probe is protected from impingement of the water particles in the exhaust gas which are deflected sufficiently to pass by the probe.
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Abstract
Thermal shock reactions of a heated lambda probe owing to the impact of liquid droplets on the heated ceramic probe body during cold starting, which phenomenon can lead to a fracture of the ceramic probe body, are avoided, and a better representativeness of the signals transmitted by the lambda probe is achieved, in that a gas deflector plate is arranged before the lambda probe in the exhaust gas flow, as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gases, in such a way that the lambda probe lies in its Lee.
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- 1. Device for prolonging the service life and improving the representativeness of the measurements of a heated lambda probe arranged in the exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine, wherein a gas deflector plate means is arranged upstream of and separated from the lambda probe in the exhaust gas flow as seen in the direction of flow of the exhaust gases, for deflecting the exhaust gas and water particles therein, and wherein the lambda probe is located in a lee of the exhaust gas deflector plate means and downstream thereof whereby the lambda probe is protected from impingement of the water particles in the exhaust gas which are deflected sufficiently to pass by the probe.
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