US Patent Issued to Niterra on June 3 for "Gas sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,776, issued on June 3, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Gas sensor" was invented by Takehiro Oba (Nagoya, Japan) and Masana Okai (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor including a plate-shaped sensor element having an electrode pad on an outer surface of the sensor element on a rear end side thereof, and a metal terminal member electrically connected to the electrode pad. The metal terminal member includes a body portion and an element abutting portion extending from the body portion and bent toward the electrode pad. A portion of the element abutting portion is in contact with the electrode pad i...