Patent 7484402 was granted and assigned to Denso on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A gas sensor having a housing, a first insulation porcelain, a metal sealing member interposed between a seat surface of the housing and a contacting surface of the first insulation porcelain. The metal sealing member is made of a Fe-based alloy of containing 10 wt % or less Cr.