ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,403, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Sensor assembly outputting a condition of a sensor" was invented by Jeffrey Creak (Hampton, Va.) and Michael Pedrick (Hampton, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a sensor generating a sensor signal, an output unit and a condition unit receiving the sensor signal output from the sensor, and a test line connected to the sensor and the condition unit. The output unit outputs a signal output representative of a state detected by the sensor. The condition unit outputs a condition output representative of a conditio...