ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,345, issued on March 24, was assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE (Nanterre, France).

"Detection device with thermal protection arrangement" was invented by Christophe Cuvillier (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device that includes: a substrate having a first and a second side; a force sensor, attached to the first side of the substrate so as to cover a first area; and a conductive track extending on the first side from the force sensor. The detection device further includes: a layer of a first rigid adhesive, attached to the second side of the substrate, so as to cover a second area; the f...