ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,436, issued on April 29, was assigned to VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Ultrasonic transceiver and production method for same" was invented by Fabian Haag (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Paul Bou Saleh (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Hans Wilhelm Wehling (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic transceiver (1) for a vehicle comprises a plastics housing (2), an ultrasonic diaphragm (3), a sound transducer element (4) for stimulating vibrations and detecting vibrations of the ultrasonic diaphragm (3), and an electrically conductive contact element (6), arranged ...