ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,880, issued on March 24, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Gas sensor element" was invented by Yuma Tanabe (Nagoya, Japan) and Yuki Kajita (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor element includes a heating portion and a ceramic layer. The ceramic layer has a first and second face, and is configured to be heated by the heating portion. The ceramic layer has an open-hole portion extending therethrough in a thickness direction from the first face toward the second face and constituting a through-hole for electrically connecting the first face to the second face. The open-hole portion is demarcated...