ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,552, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Sensor arrangement and method for joining a sensor arrangement of this kind" was invented by Martin Joerg (Wertach, Germany), Dietmar Hofmann (Blaichach, Germany) and Peter Bigl (Fischen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As is further apparent from FIGS. 1 to 4, the illustrated exemplary embodiment of the measuring apparatus 10 comprises a second housing 12 and a metal shielding plate 14 that encompasses the second housing 12. In so doing, the metal shielding plate 14 is formed in a closed manner and pushed over the second housing 12. The second hous...