ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,379, issued on June 30, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Delay-free temperature measurement of power switches" was invented by Fadi Rifai (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature measurement and a method for measuring the temperature of a semiconductor substrate, or semiconductor substrate, of a power switch assembly, which is delay free. The power switch assembly includes a circuit and a printed circuit board (PCB), where the circuit is mounted to the PCB. A lead frame is part of the circuit, at least one semiconductor substrate is part of the circuit and mounted to the lead...