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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Shotaro Niizuma, Kasugai, JP;
Yusuke Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Toshihiro Hirakawa, Kasugai, JP;
Hayami Aota, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/4073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas sensor includes: a sensor element; a plurality of element pads formed on a rear end portion of the sensor element; and a plurality of contact members holding the rear end portion of the sensor element and electrically connected respectively to the plurality of element pads. The plurality of contact members include contact members that each have an outer end surface protruding out from a corresponding one of end surfaces of the sensor element.