ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,304, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Infrared sensor" was invented by Nobuaki Shimamoto (Fukui, Japan) and Nayuta Minami (Fukui, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared sensor includes: a package body; an infrared sensor chip mounted on a front surface of the package body; an outside cap made of metal, having a function of transmitting infrared light as a detection target for the infrared sensor chip, and attached to the package body such that the outside cap is in front of, and covers, the infrared sensor chip; an inside cap made of metal, having a fu...