ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,100, issued on June 17, was assigned to KOA Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Sensor device" was invented by Yasuyuki Katase (Nagano, Japan) and Miki Yazawa (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device according to the present invention includes a substrate including a heat generation portion, a casing including an accommodation portion accommodating the substrate, and a sensor element including a temperature-sensitive resistor and being supported by the substrate, in which the accommodation portion is divided into a plurality of accommodation spaces on a side closer to the sensor element. The accommodation portion is divided ...