ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,393, issued on June 30, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).
"Sensor device" was invented by Yusuke Otogawa (Kariya-city, Japan), Masaya Taki (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hisashi Kameya (Kariya-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device includes multiple sensors, a controller, and multiple communication paths. Each of the sensors includes a sensor element and a sensor-side communication circuit. The sensor element detects a change in a physical quantity. The sensor-side communication circuit transmits a signal having a response signal according to a detected value of the sensor element, in response to a reque...