ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,647, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Sensor, and system comprising the sensor and comprising a fastening apparatus" was invented by Michael Hauff (Munich), Tobias Rohse (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Karl-Heinz Schmid (Besigheim, Germany) and Gerhard Wieder (Besigheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor for detecting a physical variable in dependence on an alignment of the sensor around an axis of the sensor, including: a sensor body having a predetermined first shape feature on an outer surface of the sensor body for enabling a predetermined alignment of the sens...