ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,762, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Soil sensor" was invented by Tomohide Ariki (Kariya, Japan) and Kei Shimakura (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soil sensor includes a base, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a circuit unit. A first signal line of the first detection unit has a circular wiring pattern when being projected to an installation surface of the base. A first GND line of the first detection unit is arranged to be spaced from the first signal line and has a wiring pattern, when being projected to the installation surface, located within a region surrounded ...