ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,317, issued on June 17, was assigned to Isabellenhuette Heusler GMBH & Co. KG (Dillenburg, Germany) and Bender GMBH & Co. KG (Gruenberg, Germany).

"Sensor for a vehicle electrical system" was invented by Jan Marien (Herborn, Germany), Benjamin Seel (Dillenburg-Eibach, Germany), Andreas Lepper (Hohenahr, Germany), Felix Lebeau (Herborn, Germany), Alexander Wassmann (Siegen, Germany), Mario Lehr (Gruenberg, Germany), Daniel Woelfel (Lahnau, Germany), Eckhard Broeckmann (Giessen, Germany), Carsten Weiss (Giessen, Germany) and Matthias Gruen (Laubach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sensor(S), in particu...