ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,552, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Button cell sensor for a motor vehicle wheel" was invented by Stephane Couarraze (Toulouse, France), Yves Maxch (Pelleport, France) and Jonathan Lefloch (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor for a wheel of a motor vehicle. The sensor being configured to be mounted on the rim of the wheel through a valve orifice and includes an electrically conductive curved wire spring mounted in the lower part of the casing of the sensor and configured to hold a button cell in the lower part of the casing."
The patent was filed...