ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,311, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HITACHI VANTARA LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Detection apparatus and storage apparatus" was invented by Ryoma Muto (Tokyo) and Masanori Hori (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus attached to a target apparatus, the detection apparatus including: a first resistance element attached to a power supply; a second resistance element connected in series to the first resistance element; and a detection unit that acquires an intermediate voltage between the first resistance element and the second resistance element, in which the second resistance element is exposed to a surrounding atm...