US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on Dec. 2 for "Interference-insensitive determination of a capacitance" (French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,261, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Interference-insensitive determination of a capacitance" was invented by Martin Schmitt (Bad Rodach, Germany) and Ciprian Musat (Creteil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to a method for determining the capacitance of a capacitive element (3), during each measurement cycle of a plurality of successive measurement cycles, the capacitive element (3) is charged, and then a charge quantity is transferred to a further capacitive element (5). After the plurality of measurement cycles, a measurement value relating to the t...