Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Kenji Isaka

Nobukazu Ikoma

Koichi Masuda

Koji Egawa

Kenji Kato

Hiroyuki Tanaka

Yutaka Nakane

Yosuke Adachi

Miyoshi Makino

Shodai Hirata

Kazuhito Sakakibara

A sealing pin includes a distal end portion that is inserted into the cylindrical body and that presses the sealant in the sealing step and a slit that is provided to allow the sealing pin to avoid the sensor element when the sealing pin is inserted into the cylindrical body, that extends through the distal end portion in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the distal end portion, and that has a width larger than a thickness of the sensor element.

Sealing pin, method of manufacturing assembly, and method of manufacturing gas sensor

A method of manufacturing a gas sensor includes a step of preparing an assembly including a sensor element, a metal cylindrical body through which the sensor element penetrates in an axial direction, and a protection cover that is attached to the cylindrical body and that covers one end side of the sensor element. The method also includes steps of arranging a coil in a periphery of at least a portion of the cylindrical body at the same side as the other end of the sensor element with respect to the protection cover to avoid the protection cover of the assembly, induction heating the portion of the cylindrical body where the coil is arranged in the periphery by applying current to the coil, and hence removing oil adhering to the portion.

Method of manufacturing gas sensor and method of removing oil

In a main metal pieceand an inner cylinderserving as cylindrical bodies before welding, a second end surfaceis an inclined surface that inclines toward an end portion opposite from the second end surfaceas the second end surfaceextends toward the center axis, and an angle &#x3b8;is 5&#xb0; to 15&#xb0;. Thus, the distance between a first end surfaceand the second end surfacepositioned in resistance welding increases toward the center axis, and an angle &#x3b8;c (=angle &#x3b8;) between the first end surfaceand the second end surfaceis 5&#xb0; to 15&#xb0;.

Production method for welded body and production method for gas sensor

Provided is a method for manufacturing a gas sensor which suppresses a defective product caused by a defective posture of a sensor element therein. The method includes a step of obtaining an assembled body constituting the gas sensor, including steps of: causing one end of the sensor element to come to abut to a positioning member for positioning the sensor element; and applying a first force to the annularly-mounted members including a powder compact annularly mounted to the sensor element under a state that the sensor element is positioned and thereby compressing the powder compact so as to fix the sensor element inside of the tubular body, and the compression is performed while constraining the sensor element in a predetermined constraining region in the other end side of the sensor element.

Gas sensor manufacturing method and gas sensor manufacturing apparatus

Provided is a method for manufacturing a gas sensor capable of securing airtightness without a chip in a sensor element. The method includes a step of obtaining an assembled body constituting the gas sensor, including steps of: causing one end of the sensor element to abut to a positioning member for positioning the sensor element; applying a force Fto the annularly-mounted members including a powder compact annularly mounted to the sensor element under a state that the sensor element is positioned and thereby compressing the powder compact so as to fix the sensor element inside of the tubular body, applying a force Flarger than the force Fto the annularly-mounted members under a state that the sensor element is not positioned and thereby further compressing the powder compact, so as to hermetically seal inside of the tubular body.

A method for fitting a protection tube to a gas sensor includes: a step for engaging tube-end opening jigs which have been inserted into the inside of a protection tube through its one end portion, with this end portion, for maintaining this end portion at an opened state, a step for bringing tube-end holding jigs into contact with this engagement portion from outside for holding the tube through pinching between these jigs, and a step for inserting the sensor into the inside of the tube being held through pinching, wherein the insertion of the sensor into the inside of the tube is continued even after an end portion of the sensor comes into contact with the inner surface of the tube, while the engagement of the tube with the tube-end opening jigs is gradually released, thereby fitting the tube to the sensor.

Method for fitting protection tube to gas sensor

A gas sensor assembling method includes a step for placing an element dummy such that it has a longitudinal direction in a vertical direction, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the dummy is similar to the cross-sectional shape of a sensor element, a step for fitting a through hole in an annularly-mounted member to the dummy from above vertically, wherein the through hole included in the annularly-mounted member corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the sensor element, a step for fitting a tubular member to an outer periphery of the annularly-mounted member from above vertically, an step for placing the sensor element in contact with an upper end portion of the dummy on a single straight line, and an step for descending the dummy downwardly vertically for descending the sensor element and fitting the through hole in the annularly-mounted member to the sensor element.

Gas sensor assembling method and gas sensor assembling apparatus

In a gas sensor, not only a tubecovers lead wires, but also the tubecovers an outer peripheral surface of an end portion of an outer cylinderincluding an open end. A portion of the outer peripheral surface of the outer cylindercovered with the tubeis gripped by a clamp. Thus, the clampintegrally grips the tubeand the outer cylinder. Moreover, the tubeprotrudes from the clampto a side of the outer cylinderopposite from the open end(protrusion amount L&#x3e;0). Further, the open endof the outer cylinderforms a large-diameter portion whose outer diameter is larger than an inner diameter Dof the clamp

Insulating grip and apparatus for a gas sensor

A contact fitting has a supporting portion capable of contacting a surface of a sensor element, and a conducting portion protruding in the same direction as the supporting portion and capable of contacting an electrode on the sensor element. Before the contact fitting is attached to the sensor element, a protrusion height of the conducting portion is 90% to 110% of a protrusion height of the supporting portion, and the protrusion heights and are relatively close to each other. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are elastically deformable and are curved in shape. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the contact fitting.

Contact member and manufacturing method of sensor

Provided is a method for marking on a pressed metallic component whose visibility and corrosion resistance in a marking target is ensured. The method includes a step of irradiating a base treatment target region including a marking target region with a laser beam on a first irradiation condition, and a step of irradiating the marking target region with the laser beam on a second irradiation condition, in which a charged energy of the laser beam is set to be smaller on the first irradiation condition than the second irradiation condition, thereby providing between the marking pattern and a non-irradiation region, a base region having a residual stress greater than that of the non-irradiation region and a residual stress smaller than that of the marking pattern, so as to ensure a visibility. Furthermore, a corrosion resistance is ensured by using a metallic member which is heat-treated to enhance the hardness.

Method for marking on metallic member

In a holding portion of a contact fitting, in a state before crimping of core wires, the thickness of a first distal end portion and the thickness of a second distal end portion are both 70% or less of the thickness of the bottom portion. The thicknesses are both smaller than the diameter of core wires of a lead wire to be crimped. The first distal end portion and the second distal end portion are formed by compression processing. Using the holding portion, a first side portion and a second side portion are curved such that they face the bottom portion, and the plurality of core wires are surrounded and crimped with the bottom portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion.

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Nagoya, Japan

Kenji Isaka