ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,917, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Sensata Technologies Inc. (Attleboro, Mass.).

"Sealed electrical devices" was invented by Joseph Avery Rajeski Stephens (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Chia-Kai Kevin Jui (Ventura, Calif.), Derek Hodge Turner (Taunton, Mass.) and Kenny Chui (Oxnard, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hermetically-sealed electrical device includes a housing and a header assembly. The header assembly includes a cover having a contact aperture and a contact terminal extending through the cover via the contact aperture. An insulating member insulates the contact terminal from the cover. An angled flange couples the ins...