US Patent Issued to Niterra on April 21 for "Gas sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,592, issued on April 21, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Gas sensor" was invented by Masana Okai (Nagoya, Japan), Kensuke Mizutani (Nagoya, Japan), Ryoji Aoki (Nagoya, Japan) and Yusuke Ando (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor (1) including: a sensor element (21); a tubular casing (81); a lead wire (71); and an elastic member (85) having a terminal passage hole (85h) through which the lead wire passes, the terminal passage hole having two or more annular projecting ridges (85R1-85R2) on an inner surface thereof, the elastic member being placed on a rear-end of the casing and sealing the open...