ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,792, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Thermistor sintered body and temperature sensor element" was invented by Akitaka Takeuchi (Saitama, Japan) and Naohiro Niizeki (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a thermistor sintered body which stably provides a desired B constant even if a composition deviation of an additive element has occurred. The thermistor sintered body-includes a Y2O3 phase and a YMnO3 phase, wherein a chemical composition of Cr, Mn, Ca and Y excluding oxygen includes Cr: 3 mol % or less (while including 0%), Mn: 5 to 18 mol %, Ca: 1 to 18 mol %, ...