ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,068, issued on May 13, was assigned to Proterial Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Physical quantity detection device" was invented by Keisuke Fukuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity detection device is provided with first and second retainers arranged to sandwich a wire, and a physical quantity sensor fixed to the wire by the first and second retainers. The physical quantity of the wire is detected by the physical quantity sensor, and the first and second retainers are fixed to the wire by being locked with each other."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/677,454.

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