US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 22 for "Module for generating opening signals" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,011, issued on July 22, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Module for generating opening signals" was invented by Joachim Oberst (GroBrinderfeld, Germany), Zsolt Wilke (Bad Mergentheim, Germany), Erik Dilje (Wurzburg, Germany) and Andreas Rudolf (Eibelstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a module (100) for generating signals, in particular signals for opening vehicle doors or flaps. The module (100) includes: a one-piece housing (102) having a plug region (106) and a switch region (104); at least one switch, in particular a microswitch (108), which is connected relea...