ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,685, issued on March 17, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sensor device and timepiece" was invented by Tatsumi Ichimura (Ome, Japan) and Yuma Izunome (Yamagata, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device including a case which has a sensor housing portion provided in an outer circumferential portion thereof, a sensor which is housed in the sensor housing portion, and a connection hollow portion which is provided in an outer circumferential portion of the case corresponding to an outer side surface of the sensor, has a blocking portion integrally provided with the case, and is connected to outside of the ca...