ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,714, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Suzhou Littelfuse OVS Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Dual-channel current sensor" was invented by Jianfei Zhao (Suzhou, China), Antonin Pons (Chicago) and Florent Jolly (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-channel current sensor includes a housing, a core, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The housing has a cylindrical cavity and an end portion, where the cylindrical cavity is open at a first end. The core is cylindrical in shape with flattened top and bottom surfaces and has a flat zone on an interior surface, a gap perpendicular and opposite the flat zone, a first portion adj...