ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,610, issued on May 19, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Gas sensor" was invented by Yoshio Kaita (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Yasuhiro Inui (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a gas sensor that includes a gas sensor part including first and second thermistors connected in series, a temperature sensor part configured to generate a temperature detection signal, a variable resistor connected in parallel to the first thermistor, and a control circuit configured to change a resistance value of the variable resistor based on the temperature detection signal."
The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2023, under A...