US Patent Issued to Webasto on April 8 for "Flexible sensor strip, method of manufacturing a flexible sensor strip, use of a flexible sensor strip and motor vehicle having a flexible sensor strip" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,942, issued on April 8, was assigned to Webasto SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Flexible sensor strip, method of manufacturing a flexible sensor strip, use of a flexible sensor strip and motor vehicle having a flexible sensor strip" was invented by Alexander Hinz (Stockdorf, Germany) and Moritz Pradella (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a flexible sensor strip for a motor vehicle, in particular for a tailgate, a movable roof element or a convertible top of a motor vehicle, the flexible sensor strip including: a first continuous portion; a second portion, which is at least partially electric...