ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,140, issued on June 17, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Compact sensor component for harsh environments" was invented by Christian Mix (Landshut, Germany), Mark Stronczek (Munich) and Helmut Hartl (Klosterneuburg, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor component for application temperatures above 700deg C., especially electrical and/or electrochemical sensor component is provided. The sensor component has a feedthrough element, the feedthrough element having a through-hole with a through-hole inner wall extending from one surface of the feedthrough element to the other surface of the feedthrough element, wherein...