ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,042, issued on April 22, was assigned to Isabellenhutte Heusler GmbH & Co. KG (Dillenburg, Germany).
"Current-sensing resistor" was invented by Benedikt Kramm (Wettenberg, Germany), Felix Lebeau (Herborn, Germany) and Jan Sattler (Haiger, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current-sensing resistor for measuring a current with two connection parts for introducing and discharging the current to be measured includes a resistor element made of a resistor material, a first voltage measurement contact at the first connection part for measuring the voltage at the first connection part, a second voltage measurement contact at the second...