US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 1 for "Gas component detection device with poisoning suppression" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,689, issued on July 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Gas component detection device with poisoning suppression" was invented by Hideki Ishida (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takao Tsuda (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas component detection device includes a column, a sensor, a flow path, and a flow path switch. The column separates a component of gas to be detected. The sensor is, for example, a semiconductor sensor, is connected to the downstream side of the column, and detects a component of gas to be detected. The flow path connects the column and the sensor. The flow path switch is arran...