ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,556, issued on July 29, was assigned to Methode Electronics Malta Ltd. (Birkirkara, Malta).
"Current sensor" was invented by Johannes GieBibl (Amerang, Germany), Julius Beck (Munich), Florian Burghardt (Neuching, Germany), Ibai Sarria (Munich) and Allen Carl Bonnici (Mosta, Malta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor has at least one support element that is configured to carry at least one sensing coil of at least two sensing coils of the current sensor. The support element has at least one face on which at least one sensing coil is arranged. The sensing coil is to be used in connection with a current transferring conductor...