ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,592, issued on July 22, was assigned to KOHSHIN ELECTRIC Corp. (Okayama, Japan).
"Electric current detection apparatus" was invented by Akihiro Mikano (Kasaoka, Japan), Shunsuke Watanabe (Kasaoka, Japan) and Nobuyuki Shinchi (Kasaoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an electric current detection device includes a conductor to which an electric current to be measured is applied, and a circuit unit that has at least a pair of magnetism detection elements for respectively detecting magnetic fluxes generated around the conductor by the electric current. The electric current may be detected based on detection signal...