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Patent No.:

US 12761121 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2024

Sensor element and method of manufacturing sensor element

Applicant:

Ngk Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Kajita, Kasugai, JP;

Yuma Tanabe, Komaki, JP;

Assignee:

NGK INSULATORS, LTD., Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:

MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC

Primary Examiner:

Laura Martin Sweeney

Assistant Examiner:

Anthony W Megna Fuentes

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/22 (2006.01); C23C 4/02 (2006.01); C23C 4/134 (2016.01); G01N 27/407 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C23C 24/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/2205 (2013.01); G01N 1/2252 (2013.01); G01N 27/4077 (2013.01); G01N 33/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor element is equipped with a main body including a cavity for taking in a gas on a distal end side thereof, and a porous protective layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the main body at the distal end side thereof. The porous protective layer is equipped with a water droplet blocking structure covering at least a part of a distal end surface, the part overlapping the cavity in a longitudinal direction, and a thin portion covering the distal end surface around the water droplet blocking structure.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kajita, Yuki. (2026). Sensor element and method of manufacturing sensor element (U.S. Patent No. 12761121). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12761121

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