ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,163, issued on March 3, was assigned to Molex LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Apparatus for performing sensor calibrations and bump tests" was invented by Miao Xu (Bolingbrook, Ill.), Wenfeng Peng (North Aurora, Ill.), Amram Netanel Afenzer (Skokie, Ill.) and Brian Michael Zappa (Wood Dale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus performing sensor calibrations and bump tests includes a housing having first and second gas paths. The first gas path has a filter for filtering gas passing therethrough. A three-way valve may be provided between the inlet and the paths. A first valve may be provided between the inlet and the first path and a ...