ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,057, issued on June 17, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Chip-integrated optical rotation rate sensor" was invented by Patrick Tritschler (Engen, Germany) and Torsten Ohms (Vaihingen/Enz-Aurich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical rotation rate sensor. The sensor includes a laser light source for generating weak light pulses, optically connected to a photonic waveguide, optically connected to a first interference coupler that includes a first input and two first outputs, optically connected to a second interference coupler that includes two second inputs and two second outputs, optically connecte...