US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on July 21 for "Gas sensor and casing for containing sensor element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,515, issued on July 21, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Gas sensor and casing for containing sensor element" was invented by Shintaro Maki (Taketoyo-cho, Japan), Kota Katagiri (Ginan-cho, Japan), Kohei Yaita (Nagoya, Japan) and Yuya Seike (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor includes: a sensor element including a sensing part on a side of one end portion thereof; a casing; and a connector disposed in the casing to electrically connect the sensor element to an outside, wherein the casing includes: an outer tube including a main portion in which a reference gas is included and a sealing porti...