US Patent Issued to TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS, ROBERT BOSCH on Oct. 7 for "Laser sensor module with soiling detection" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,247, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH (Ulm, Germany) and ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Laser sensor module with soiling detection" was invented by Alexander Marc Van Der Lee (Venlo, Netherlands), Johannes Hendrikus Maria Spruit (Waalre, Netherlands), Okke Ouweltjes (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Robert Weiss (Waldbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser sensor module includes a laser diode configured emit a laser beam, an electrical driver configured to supply the laser diode with a driving current to stimulate emission of the laser beam, a detector, and an optical arrangement con...