ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,872, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and TE Connectivity Sensors France (Toulouse, France).

"System for sensing torque" was invented by Papa Aldemba Faye (Toulouse, France), Arthur Vignolles (Toulouse, France) and Predrag Drljaca (Muhlenstrasse, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sensing torque of an object includes a flange having a first length along a main axis of a main surface of the flange and a torque sensor device formed over the main surface of the flange. The torque sensor device includes a sensing portion and a plurality of measurement transdu...