ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,655, issued on July 15, was assigned to Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Method for detecting the position of an actuator element" was invented by Michael Beuschel (Stammham, Germany), Stefan Bauer (Engelbrechtsmunster, Germany) and Rainer Schmidt (Reichertshofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is detecting the position of an actuator element of an actuator arrangement, having at least one actuator element movable in two opposing directions by two adjustment elements. The adjustment elements electrically connected via only one two-wire connection to a control unit comprise electrically contro...