ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,937, issued on March 24, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sensor unit with dual overlapping modules" was invented by Mikimoto Jin (Ina, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor unit includes: a substrate including a first coupling portion disposed on a first surface and a second coupling portion disposed on a second surface; a first sensor module including a first coupled portion that is located on a side close to the first surface and that is coupled to the first coupling portion, a first acceleration sensor, and a first angular velocity sensor; and a second sensor module including a second coupled portion that is l...