ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,959, issued on July 15, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Sensor apparatus for capturing a filling level and/or a quality of a fluid, and method for producing said apparatus" was invented by Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer (Munich), Henning Grotevent (Munich) and Manfred Roth (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a fluid sensor apparatus for capturing a filling level and/or a quality of a fluid in a fluid container. The fluid sensor apparatus may include: a printed circuit board having a recess extending at least partially into the printed circuit bo...