US Patent Issued to Yazaki on Sept. 29 for "Sensor component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,991, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Yazaki Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor component" was invented by Shinpei Kato (Makinohara, Japan), Shingo Nomoto (Makinohara, Japan), Keisuke Yamauchi (Makinohara, Japan), Shimpei Ando (Makinohara, Japan) and Tadashi Ogawa (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor component to be press-fitted into a mounting hole includes a sensor body, detection means, and a pair of O-rings. The sensor body includes a primary mold portion in which the detection means is embedded, a secondary mold portion provided on an opposite side of the primary mold portion in the press-fitting direction of the m...