US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Sept. 23 for "Detection device and method for detecting a coupling state of a coupling device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,535, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Detection device and method for detecting a coupling state of a coupling device" was invented by Daniel Wenzel (Wipperfurth, Germany) and Ulrich Geschwentner (Schwarmstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the disclosure, a detection apparatus for detecting a coupling state of a connection apparatus having a first and a second element to be connected to one another is provided. It comprises a signal device, wherein the signal device is configured such that the signal device indicates a digital change of state by means of a detecti...