ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,485, issued on July 22, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Electronic circuit with temperature detection element" was invented by Hiroki Kinoshita (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit including: a circuit board; a temperature detection element mounted on the circuit board to detect an ambient temperature; and a circuit element mounted on the circuit board and generating heat in conjunction with circuit operation. The circuit board has a conductive pattern with a heat transfer property that is electrically connected to any terminal of the circuit element and transfers the heat generated by the ci...