ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,816, issued on July 7, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Transduction detection device using piezoresistive element and a thermal dissipator element" was invented by Guillaume Jourdan (Grenoble, France) and Philippe Robert (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transduction detection device includes a substrate, at least one movable ground relative to the substrate and a suspended stress gauge provided with a piezoresistive element which includes a first anchoring and a second anchoring, different from the first anchoring, relative to the movable ground, wherein it inc...