ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,394, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Niterra Co. Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Gas sensor and gas sensor attached structure" was invented by Kunihiko Yonezu (Nagoya, Japan), Yuji Shimazaki (Nagoya, Japan) and Masayuki Yoshida (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sensor including: a sensor element; a metallic shell; and a single-wall tubular protector. The protector has a gas introduction hole and a gas discharge hole disposed on a forward end side in relation to the gas introduction hole. The metallic shell has a fixing portion whose outer surface is fixed to a pipe, and a larger-diameter tool engagement portion located on...