US Patent Issued to Audio Authority on Sept. 23 for "Touchless sensor and method for retrofitting a touchless sensor into push-button receiver" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,551, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Audio Authority Corp. (Lexington, Ky.).

"Touchless sensor and method for retrofitting a touchless sensor into push-button receiver" was invented by Everett G. Jacobson III (Nicholasville, Ky.), James J. Latimer (Lexington, Ky.), Logan David Poe (Lexington, Ky.) and Daniel A. Farnsworth (Irvine, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touchless sensor includes a printed circuit assembly, a light guide and a sensor lens that are carried by a housing. The sensor lens is of hand shape. The housing corresponds in size and shape to a standard 19 mm push-button housing to allow for retrofitting to conv...