ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,213, issued on May 20, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Current sensor" was invented by Keisuke Nakayama (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Takahiro Taoka (Miyagi-ken, Japan) and Manabu Tamura (Miyagi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor according to the present invention includes a bus bar through which a measuring current flows; a nut with which the bus bar and an external terminal are brought into contact with and fastened to each other; a magnetic sensor capable of detecting a magnetic field generated when a current flows through the bus bar; a case member having a housing area in which the magnetic sensor i...