ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,408, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Sensor and associated method" was invented by Nicolas Lignee (La Membrolle sur Choisille, France), Clement Poulailleau (Amboise, France) and Simon Hubert (Tours, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor (8) includes a plurality of modules (11, 12). Each module performs a task. The sensor (8) includes a control means (10) that (1) reads a word (WO) having a plurality of bits, with each bit being associated to the state of execution of the task performed by a module when the sensor (8) is in an active mode, and (2) switches the sensor (8) into a sleep...