ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,640, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hanover, Germany).
"Inductive sensor for vehicle" was invented by Yannis Escalante (Toulouse, France), Vincent Marimoutou (Toulouse, France) and Julien Galaup (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an inductive detection sensor for unlocking a vehicle opening, the sensor particularly being able to be mounted in the opening and including a printed circuit, on which an inductive coil and a management module are mounted, which module is able to detect a variation in the electromagnetic field at the terminals of the inductive coil, the sensor inclu...