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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:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Kuno, Aichi, JP;
Katsuki Aoi, Gifu, JP;
Noriaki Kondo, Aichi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 23/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A knock sensorfor attachment to an internal combustion engine. The knock sensorincludes a capand a support member. At least a part of the top surface of the support memberis covered by capto prevent a mounting boltfrom directly making contact with the top surface of the support memberwhen the mounting boltextends through a through-holein the sensor. The capcovers the top surface of the support memberto protect the support member from being ground or abraded by the mounting bolt