ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,563, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Electric apparatus" was invented by Yasushi Furukawa (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric apparatus includes: a first stacked body in which a first semiconductor chip having a first switch is stacked on a first mounting portion; a second stacked body in which a second semiconductor chip having a second switch is stacked on a second mounting portion; a temperature sensor provided in the first stacked body to detect a temperature of the first switch; and a current sensor provided in the second stacked body to detect a current flowing through the se...