Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Schinohara

Hiroshi Schinohara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Oxygen sensing element
    Patent number: 4209378
    Abstract: Low temperature operability of an oxygen sensing element, which comprises a solid electrolyte member composed of sintered material, and a means for providing a reference oxygen partial pressure, composed of a sintered product of a finely divided metal or metal-metal oxide mixture powder and being completely embedded within the solid electrolyte member, is improved by the incorporation of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the sintered product, of a finely divided platinum group metal powder in the sintered product of the reference oxygen partial pressure-providing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Schinohara, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Shinichi Matsumoto, Toshinobu Furutani, Hiroshi Wakizaka