ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,929, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Temperature sensor and sensor attachment structure" was invented by Shinpei Kato (Shizuoka, Japan), Shingo Nomoto (Shizuoka, Japan), Daichi Muramoto (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shinpei Ando (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensor includes: an insertion part inserted into an attachment partner; an abutting part provided on the insertion part and abutting the attachment partner when the insertion part is completely inserted into the attachment partner; a locked part provided on the abutting part and locked with a locking projection of the attachment p...