ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,573, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG (Blomberg, Germany).
"Measuring system" was invented by Benjamin Klimmek (Aerzen, Germany) and Felix Schulte (Geseke, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring system for detecting switching states including a signal converter having signal inputs to each of which an associated binary switching signal representing a switching state can be applied. Electrical resistors, at which an associated measurement signal can be tapped on the basis of the associated binary switching signal, is connected downstream of each of the signal inputs, wherein the electrical res...