ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,918, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Measured value acquisition device for an inductive sensor arrangement" was invented by Daniel Gerber (Recklinghausen, Germany) and Stefan Kuntz (Flein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measured value acquisition device includes a circuit carrier, which comprises a receiving structure, which comprises a receiving coil having at least two electrically connected windings in series. A single winding comprises two loop structures having periodically repeating loop portions and is formed in at least two planes of the circuit carrier. Portions of the indi...