ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,292, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Gas sensor element, gas sensor, and manufacturing method for gas sensor element" was invented by Hitoshi Furuta (Nagoya, Japan), Akinori Kojima (Nagoya, Japan), Kentaro Kamada (Nagoya, Japan) and Yosuke Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor element includes: a first ceramic structure (100A) having a detection cell (120); a second ceramic structure (100B) having a pump cell (110) disposed apart from the first ceramic structure in a lamination direction; and a third ceramic structure (100C) having a frame-shaped body (200) surrounding...