ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,792, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Gas sensor" was invented by Makoto Shibata (Tokyo), Shizuko Ono (Tokyo) and Takumi Matsuo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor includes a base member, a first insulating film, a second insulating film, a heater section, a flat section, and a gas detection section. The base member is provided with a cavity. The first insulating film includes beam portions connected to a peripheral portion of the cavity of the base member and a first-insulating-film membrane portion held over the cavity by the beam portions. The second insulating film is laminated on an upper side of...