ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,188, issued on May 20, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Sensor having shield film covering main substrate for immunizing noise" was invented by Yukitaka Kishimoto (Kyoto, Japan), Yusuke Nakayama (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Ushiro (Kyoto, Japan), Takashi Muramatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoki Nishimori (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor includes: a receptacle connectable to an external plug; a second housing accommodating at least part of the receptacle; a main substrate on which an electronic component used for sensing is mounted; a shield film covering at least part of the main substrate and shielding an electrom...