ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,708, issued on July 7, was assigned to HOSIDEN Corp. (Yao, Japan).

"Detection sensor" was invented by Shingo Ishibashi (Yao, Japan), Hiroyuki Harano (Yao, Japan), Ryuji Awamura (Yao, Japan) and Kensuke Nakanishi (Yao, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection sensor including a sensor unit and a holder. The unit includes a vibratable film and a case. The case accommodates the film and includes an opening disposed on one side in a first direction relative to the film. The holder includes a holding portion holding the unit, a front portion disposed on the one side in the first direction relative to the case, a transmissive part, ...