US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on March 24 for "Sensor element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,881, issued on March 24, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Sensor element" was invented by Kaoru Shibutani (Nagoya, Japan) and Ryo Onishi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sensor element for use in measurement of the concentration of a predetermined gas component in a measurement target gas. The sensor element includes a plate-shaped element body and a protective layer. The element body includes a solid electrolyte layer having oxygen ion conductivity and a heater configured to heat the solid electrolyte layer. A protective layer is formed on at least one face of the element body. A surf...