ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,204, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Wiring configuration for a stator, temperature sensor device, and system for detecting a temperature" was invented by Katja Willacker (Wiesentheid, Germany), Christian Bruckner (Rimpar, Germany) and Daniel Schmitt (Bad Bocklet, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a wiring configuration for a stator of an electric machine. The wiring configuration comprises a busbar which forms a segment of a switching ring with an outer connection and a winding connection. Outer connection elements and winding connection elements ar...