ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,947, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BALLUFF GmbH (Neuhausen, Germany).

"Electronic module, sensor apparatuses, set of sensor apparatuses and method for operating a sensor apparatus" was invented by Michael Friedrich (Wolfschlugen, Germany) and Marc Bisch (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module for an inductive sensor apparatus is provided which comprises at least one voltage-controlled current source, a current source port connected to the at least one voltage-controlled current source for providing a voltage-controlled current from the at least one voltage-controlled current source, an adder device,...