US Patent Issued to U-Shin Italia on May 13 for "Detection device and detection system for activating at least one function of an apparatus, and apparatus comprising the detection system" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,670, issued on May 13, was assigned to U-Shin Italia S.p.A. (Pianezza, Italy).

"Detection device and detection system for activating at least one function of an apparatus, and apparatus comprising the detection system" was invented by Thomas Peynot (Pianezza, Italy), Anthony Guerin (Pianezza, Italy), Frederic Citron (Pianezza, Italy) and Dario Fimognari (Pianezza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device is configured to activate at least one function of an apparatus, for example activating an electric lock of a vehicle's door, upon the detection of a force applied to an activation part of the apparatus. The apparatus ...