ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,810, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sensirion AG (Stafa, Switzerland).
"Gas generator" was invented by Alexander Lochbaum (Meilen, Switzerland), Ueli Schoen (Zurich, Switzerland), Stefan Knobelspies (Zurich, Switzerland), Jens Hornung (Richterswil, Switzerland), Matthias Streiff (Zurich, Switzerland) and Ulrich Bartsch (Uetikon am See, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator comprises a compartment confined by a casing configured to hold an active material generating a target gas in response to thermal activation, and a heater structure configured and arranged to heat the active material for generating the targe...