ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,782, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Gas sensor, manufacturing method, and detection method" was invented by Helmut Grutzeck (Kusterdingen, Germany), Renate Mueller (Reutlingen, Germany) and Stefan Zehringer (Reutlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor for detecting a physical and/or chemical value of an analysis gas, a corresponding manufacturing method, and operating method. The gas sensor is based on the principle of a thermal conductivity measurement with the aid of a sensor structure including a double meander structure made up of two resistor lines, as part of a Wh...