ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,001, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to PIONEER Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor device" was invented by Yohei Nagahori (Kawagoe, Japan), Ryoya Sato (Kawagoe, Japan) and Naoki Shimizu (Kawagoe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first portion (110) and a second portion (120) of a casing (100) are separable obliquely from a second surface (122) side (upper side, that is, a positive direction side of a third direction (Z)) toward a first surface (112) side (lower side, that is, a negative direction side of the third direction (Z)) of the casing (100) with respect to the first surface (112) or the second surface (122) of the casing (100) from...