ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,592, issued on July 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Sensor device" was invented by Yasuhide Takase (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device includes a bridge circuit, a bias circuit, and a detection signal receiving circuit. The bridge circuit includes four sensor elements connected in a bridge. The bias circuit includes an oscillation circuit and an averaging circuit. The oscillation circuit outputs an oscillation signal, in which an output voltage in a first output state and an output voltage in a second output state with temperature dependency repeat alternately at a pred...