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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A temperature sensor including a thermosensitive element and a ceramic body having a hollow section which surrounds the thermosensitive element airtightly. The thermosensitive element is formed on a heat-sensing surface side of the ceramic body having the hollow section. The hollow section is formed at a position which is shifted to the heat-sensing surface side with respect to the center of the temperature sensor. The ceramic body includes a heat-sensing surface side ceramic layer ( ) having the thermosensitive element ( ) disposed thereon, a spacer ceramic layer ( ) having an aperture, and a substrate ceramic layer ( ) serving as a substrate.