ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,090, issued on April 7, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Gas sensor" was invented by Yusuke Watanabe (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor includes a sensor element and a control unit thereof. The sensor element includes: a base part; a measurement-object gas flow cavity formed from one end part in a longitudinal direction of the base part; a pump cell including an intracavity electrode disposed in the measurement-object gas flow cavity; and a reference electrode disposed in a reference gas chamber formed inside the base part. The control unit includes: a driving control part; a storing part ...