ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,942, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Structure body and electromagnetic wave sensor" was invented by Susumu Aoki (Tokyo), Shinji Hara (Tokyo), Naoki Ohta (Tokyo), Kazuya Maekawa (Tokyo) and Maiko Shirokawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes an electromagnetic wave detector, and a pair of arm portions and that are positioned on both sides with the electromagnetic wave detector interposed therebetween. The electromagnetic wave detector includes a temperature detection element, and electromagnetic wave absorbers which cover at least a part of the temperature detection element. Each ...