ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,449, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CAST INC. (Kumamoto, Japan).

"Sensor device and method for manufacturing sensor device" was invented by Makiko Kobayashi (Kumamoto, Japan), Kei Nakatsuma (Kumamoto, Japan), Masayuki Tanabe (Kumamoto, Japan), Kyosuke Tsutsumi (Kumamoto, Japan) and Yuya Tanaka (Kumamoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sensor device, a sensor unit and a wiring portion are connected. The sensor unit is configured as a sol-gel composite piezoelectric sensor including a base material layer, a piezoelectric film layer formed on the base material layer, an electrode layer formed on the piezoelectric film lay...