US Patent Issued to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS on April 15 for "Temperature sensor and rotary electric machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,524, issued on April 15, was assigned to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Temperature sensor and rotary electric machine" was invented by Hiroaki Akaba (Saitama, Japan) and Takamasa Yoshihara (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a coil provided in a stator of a rotary electric machine includes: a sensor element including a thermosensitive body, electric wires electrically connected to the thermosensitive body, and an elongated covering body enclosing a part of the electric wires and the thermosensitive body, and configured to be inserted into a gap formed by the...