ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,724, issued on March 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Clearance sensor" was invented by Motoharu Ueda (Tokyo), Tomoyuki Onishi (Tokyo), Toshiaki Kokufuda (Tokyo), Hiroki Takeda (Tokyo) and Takuma Ikemoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clearance sensor includes: a columnar detection electrode having a detection end surface on one end side in the axial direction of the center axis; an electrode member including a guard electrode and a ground electrode having the center axis coaxial with that of the detection electrode; an insulating member linking between the detection electrode and the guard ele...