ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,260, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KOA Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Sensor device" was invented by Yasuyuki Katase (Nagano, Japan) and Toshiya Yasue (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a sensor device capable of highly accurately detecting a flow rate at 360 degrees in a radial direction with respect to a first sensor element including a resistive element for flow rate detection. A sensor device according to the present invention includes a substrate, a first sensor element including a resistive element for flow rate detection, and a second sensor element including a resistive element for temperature...