ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,799, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Current sensor" was invented by Manabu Tamura (Miyagi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current sensor has: a bus bar extending in a first direction; a magnetic shield having a portion that faces the bus bar along a third direction; a magnetic sensor facing the bus bar along the third direction on an opposite side of the bus bar to a side on which the magnetic shield is placed; and a case molded integrally with part of the bus bar. The magnetic shield has: a U-shaped portion that has a bottom wall including a portion that faces the bus bar along the th...