ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,313, issued on June 23, was assigned to CHORUSVIEW INC. (Las Vegas).

"Sensor bridge assembly" was invented by Artsem Artsemenka (San Francisco), Phillip Yee (San Francisco), Carl Turner (Eugene, Ore.) and Russell Shikami (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a casing, circuitry within the casing, and a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is connected to the circuitry and is attached to the casing in such a way that an air gap separates the temperature sensor from the casing. The temperature sensor is attached to the casing in a bridge. The bridge includes a first backing and a second backing, whic...