ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,182, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Physical quantity detection device for measuring measurement target gas" was invented by Nobuaki Gorai (Hitachinaka, Japan), Naoki Saito (Hitachinaka, Japan), Akira Uenodan (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Takahiro Miki (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity detection device (20), which can be disposed in a main flow path (22a) where a measurement target gas (2) flows in one direction, includes: a circuit chamber (135a) that accommodates a circuit board (300); an inflow hole (220) that communicates the main flow path (22a) with th...