ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,549, issued on July 22, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Gas sensor element" was invented by Kei Sugiura (Kariya, Japan) and Makoto Noguchi (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated gas sensor element is provided by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers. The gas sensor element includes: a solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity; a measurement electrode provided on a first principal surface of the solid electrolyte body; a reference electrode provided on a second principal surface of the solid electrolyte body; a chamber facing the measurement electrode and into which a measured gas is int...