ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,972, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).
"Contacting unit for an impedance limit switch" was invented by Frank Becherer (Neuried, Germany) and Tobias Bader (Haslach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contacting device is provided for an impedance limit switch, the contacting device including: a printed circuit board having an electrically conductive contact surface; a radially disposed annular spring configured to establish electrical contact between the electrically conductive contact surface of the printed circuit board and at least one electrode of the impedance limit switch; and a non-...