ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,615, issued on July 22, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Current sensor that includes a current rail and a magnetic field sensor with galvanic isolation" was invented by Rainer Markus Schaller (Saal a.d. Donau, Germany), Volker Strutz (Tegernheim, Germany) and Jochen Dangelmaier (Beratzhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor includes a current rail and a magnetic field sensor. The magnetic field sensor is configured to measure a magnetic field induced by a current flowing through the current rail. A first insulation layer and a second insulation layer are arranged between the cur...