Patents by Inventor Shiro Kakimoto

Shiro Kakimoto 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).

  • Ammonia sensor
    Patent number: 7341694
    Abstract: In an ammonia sensor (1), lead portions (7) and (9) are provided on an insulating substrate (5); a pair of comb-shaped electrodes (11) and (13) are connected to the lead portions (7) and (9), respectively; a sensitive layer (15) is provided on the comb-shaped electrodes (11) and (13); and a protective layer (17) is provided on the sensitive layer (15). Particularly, the sensitive layer (15) is formed of a gas-sensitive raw material predominantly containing ZrO2 and containing at least W in an amount of 2 to 40 wt. % as reduced to WO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Shiro Kakimoto, Ryuji Inoue, Hitoshi Yokoi, Noboru Ishida, Takafumi Oshima, Satoshi Sugaya, Koichi Imaeda, Tadashi Hattori, Atsushi Satsuma
  • Ammonia sensor
    Publication number: 20040132202
    Abstract: In an ammonia sensor (1), lead portions (7) and (9) are provided on an insulating substrate (5); a pair of comb-shaped electrodes (11) and (13) are connected to the lead portions (7) and (9), respectively; a sensitive layer (15) is provided on the comb-shaped electrodes (11) and (13); and a protective layer (17) is provided on the sensitive layer (15). Particularly, the sensitive layer (15) is formed of a gas-sensitive raw material predominantly containing ZrO2 and containing at least W in an amount of 2 to 40 wt. % as reduced to WO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Shiro Kakimoto, Ryuji Inoue, Hitoshi Yokoi, Noboru Ishida, Takafumi Oshima, Satoshi Sugaya, Koichi Imaeda, Tadashi Hattori, Atsushi Satsuma