ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,939, issued on May 12, was assigned to DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH (Traunreut, Germany).

"Sensing element for an inductive angle measuring device" was invented by Christoph Heinemann (Ubersee, Germany) and Martin Heumann (Traunstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing element for an inductive angle measuring device includes a first, a second, a third, and a fourth receiving conductive path. The second receiving conductive path extends over a second arc length, and the fourth receiving conductive path extends over a fourth arc length. The course of the first receiving conductive path and the third receiving conductive pa...