ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,145, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).
"Electronic sensor module and handle module" was invented by Reinaldo Mensch (Wuppertal, Germany) and Karsten Steinhauer (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic sensor module for a handle may have a sensor unit having a movable sensor element and a fixed sensor element which is arranged opposite the movable sensor element. The module may also have an electronics unit which is electrically connected to at least one of the sensor elements for triggering a switching signal. The movable sensor element and the fixed sensor element are ar...