ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,531, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Temperature sensor, temperature detection device and image formation device" was invented by Masayuki Miyauchi (Saitama, Japan), Morihisa Hamada (Saitama, Japan) and Yuri Okada (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor that sufficiently has heat insulation property and the pressing force to a temperature measurement object to a degree allowing a ceramic paper to be substituted, and that has a good responsiveness, and a temperature detection device and an image formation device that include the temperature sensor. The t...