ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,279, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Detection device" was invented by Shun Miyazaki (Miyagi, Japan) and Hiromichi Koyanagawa (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device has: a case member; a cover member; a substrate, provided in a space surrounded by the case member and the cover member, the substrate having mounted thereon a wireless communication circuit and a sensor configured to measure a physical quantity; a battery housed in the space; and a metal pedestal part disposed in the space on a same side as the case member, the pedestal part has an end portion facing the sensor ...