ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,299, issued on March 17, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Sensor element and gas sensor" was invented by Yuta Murakami (Nagoya, Japan), Keita Kayano (Nagoya, Japan) and Akari Yamada (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor element for detecting a specific gas concentration in a measurement-object gas, the sensor element includes; an elongate element body that includes a solid electrolyte layer and has a shape including at least one side surface extending in a longitudinal direction; a dense layer that is disposed on the side surface; and an intermediate layer disposed at least between the dense lay...