US Patent Issued to Niterra on July 14 for "Sensor element, gas sensor, and production method for sensor element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,978, issued on July 14, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Sensor element, gas sensor, and production method for sensor element" was invented by Toshimasa Sakakibara (Nagoya, Japan) and Tatsuhiko Muraoka (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor element (100) including: a detection element portion (300) provided with at least one cell (130, 140) having a solid electrolyte (105, 109) and a pair of electrodes (104, 106, 108, 110) disposed on the solid electrolyte; a measurement chamber (107c) faced by one of the electrodes; and a diffusion resistance portion (115) through which a gas to be measured is intro...