ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,857, issued on July 14, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Field device" was invented by Jurgen Haas (Oberwolfach, Germany), Thomas Ilg (Haslach, Germany) and Tobias Bader (Haslach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field device includes a housing with a first end distant from a process and a second end close to the process, an electronic system arranged at the first end, and a process connection and a sensor arranged at the second end. The field device defines a first heat conduction path (A), which extends from the second end close to the process to an emitting region, and at least one second heat conduc...