ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,244, issued on April 29, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Hot-spot detection in electrical devices" was invented by Ian Andrew Hunt (Bristol, Great Britain) and Alex Madsen (Swindon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical device including a surface which may be exposed to heat derived from operation of the electrical device such that the temperature of the surface increases during operation. The surface includes a temperature sensor including first and second electrodes separated by a layer of control material. The material properties and/or configuration of the control material a...