US Patent Issued to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN on Sept. 30 for "Device for detecting airborne sound for automotive applications, method for the production thereof, and automated driving system comprising such a device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,477, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Device for detecting airborne sound for automotive applications, method for the production thereof, and automated driving system comprising such a device" was invented by Michael Hertkorn (Bodolz, Germany) and Jens Giesler (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting airborne sound for use in automobiles may include an acoustic sensor, a protective screen for protecting the device against the ingress of coarse foreign matter, an acoustically permeable, hydrophobic and/or lipophobic first membrane, which is p...