US Patent Issued to Aktiebolaget SKF on Jan. 27 for "Sensor and method for putting such a sensor in a sleep mode" (British, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,382, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Sensor and method for putting such a sensor in a sleep mode" was invented by Simon Innes (Aberdeen, Great Britain) and Carl-Axel Kreku (Lulea, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sensor (8) includes control means (12) configured to switch the sensor (8) in the sleep mode when the sensor is in an active mode and when receiving a sleep mode signal. The sensor is configured to take measurements and to send measurements to a gateway in the active mode, and is configured to stop taking measurements and disconnect from the gateway in the sleep mode."

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