US Patent Issued to NGK INSULATORS on Sept. 16 for "Sensor element of gas sensor and method for forming protective layer of sensor element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,600, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Sensor element of gas sensor and method for forming protective layer of sensor element" was invented by Yusuke Ogiso (Nagoya, Japan), Yoshimasa Kondo (Nagoya, Japan) and Katsunao Uenishi (Nagakute, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor element includes: an element base which has a gas inlet in one end portion thereof and into which a measurement gas is introduced through the gas inlet; and a leading-end protective layer disposed around an outer periphery of the element base in a predetermined range from the one end portion, having a laminated stru...