ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,324, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SEMITEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Pressure sensor" was invented by Tadashi Matsudate (Tokyo) and Manabu Orito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pressure sensor that is compact, ensures insulation, and is highly reliable. A pressure sensor (1) comprises: a sensor body (2); a pressure sensor element (21) provided on one surface side of the sensor body (2); a through hole (24) which is formed from the one surface side of the sensor body (2) toward another surface side of the sensor body, and through which a lead wire (3) electrically connected to the pressure sensor element (21) is passe...