ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,418, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Two-way thermo-mechanical sensor shield" was invented by Ronald Miller (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Bhaskara K Ch (Rajamundry, India), Abhishek Kumar Sahu (Karnataka, India) and Zhun Liu (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-way thermo-mechanical shield assembly for a sensor of a heat-producing apparatus having an apparatus housing includes a first shield and a second shield. Each shield is configured to be mounted to the apparatus housing and are together configured to encase the sensor. The first shield is configured to prot...