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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Shin Yoshida, Aichi, JP;
Nobuo Furuta, Kasugai, JP;
Yuya Nakayama, Kasugai, JP;
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A laminated gas sensor element extending in a longitudinal direction and having a detection part including a plate-shaped element body which has a heater layer having an embedded resistance heating body and a detection layer laminated to the heater layer and having a vertical surface along a lamination direction and a horizontal surface perpendicular to the lamination direction; and a porous protective layer coating the vertical surface and the horizontal surface of the element body constituting the detection part, wherein a thickness of the protective layer formed on the vertical surface is thicker than a thickness of the protective layer formed on the horizontal surface.