ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,838, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Bracket assembly" was invented by Michael S. McGuire (Brookfield, Ill.) and John F. Healey (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket assembly includes a bracket body with a pivoting portion and a sensor assembly removably attached to the bracket body. The sensor assembly includes a connector configured to be removably attached to the pivoting portion of the bracket body, a sensor body configured to be removably coupled to the connector, a sensor attached to the sensor body, and one or more sensor fasteners configured to engage the brack...