ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,217, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).
"Pressure sensor" was invented by Tatsuya Yamasaki (Tokyo), Takanori Aono (Tokyo), Masatoshi Kanamaru (Tokyo) and Yoichiro Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor includes a sensor housing including an opening portion having different dimensions in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, a sensor chip that is provided on the sensor housing in a manner of closing the opening portion and that forms a diaphragm portion, a strain gauge portion provided in the sensor chip, and a cap member bonded to the sensor chip by a cap bonding a...