ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,132, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sumitomo Precision Products Co. Ltd. (Amagasaki, Japan).

"Sensor apparatus" was invented by Hideyuki Doyama (Amagasaki, Japan) and Ryohei Uchino (Amagasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor apparatus (100) according to this invention includes a plurality of sensors (2) for detecting physical quantities; a sensor arrangement part (1) including a plurality of recessed parts (11) that are opened in different directions from each other and in which the plurality of sensors (2) are arranged; shielding lids (7) for shielding against electromagnetic noise arranged between the recessed parts...