US Patent Issued to TURCK Holding on Sept. 23 for "Proximity switch and method for operating a proximity switch" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,025, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TURCK Holding GmbH (Halver, Germany).

"Proximity switch and method for operating a proximity switch" was invented by Torsten Wendler (Schwarzenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proximity switch is disclosed. In an embodiment, the proximity switch has a defined detection range and includes an oscillator, an oscillator amplifier, a temperature sensor, a microprocessor and a storage medium. The oscillator generates an alternating magnetic field and changes its oscillation state as a result of a target entering the detection range. The oscillator amplifier is configured to be control...