US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on June 24 for "Magnetoelastic torque sensor having a magnetised sleeve as the primary sensor" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,184, issued on June 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Magnetoelastic torque sensor having a magnetised sleeve as the primary sensor" was invented by Christian Hartmann (Emskirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque sensor for measuring a torque on a shaft using the measuring principle of inverse magnetostriction, on which a magnetised sleeve is fastened as the primary sensor. The sleeve is provided with at least two circumferential portions which are arranged at an axial distance from one another and magnetised in opposing directions and interact in a contactless manner ...