ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,362, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).

"Inductive sensor assembly for detecting a change in position of an actuating element" was invented by Alexander Ziegler (Wulfrath, Germany) and Christian Chabrowski (Mulheim Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive sensor assembly is used for detecting a change in position of an actuating element. The sensor assembly has: an LC resonant circuit having an inductive element (L) and a capacitive element (C); an excitation supply which is coupled to the LC resonant circuit in order to excite the LC resonant circuit wit...