ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,036, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble, France).

"Method for manufacturing a temperature measuring device intended to be connected to a fluid connector, and associated intermediate assembly" was invented by Mansour Mbaye (Moirans, France), Thierry Guerin (Genilac, France), Emile Ferrand (Echirolles, France), Jan Kupfer (Lorrach, Germany) and Julien Rat (Rivier Apprieu, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermediate assembly for a temperature measuring device comprises: a temperature sensor including a measuring cell and two metal branches, two electrical connection pins each having an attachment port...