ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,983, issued on March 11, was assigned to Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany).
"Sensor device" was invented by Daniel Stahl (Wunstorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sensor device (100), in particular for a vehicle, comprising: a capacitive sensor unit (10) and a coil unit (20) which surrounds the capacitive sensor unit (10) at least partially, preferably geometrically. For this purpose, it is provided according to the invention that the capacitive sensor unit (10) has at least one first, in particular linear, sensor element (11), which is aligned essentially along a first geodesic...