ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,666, issued on July 7, was assigned to HAHN-SCHICKARD-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANGEWANDTE FORSCHUNG E.V. (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Limit value detection device comprising a counting unit" was invented by Sven Spieth (Dauchingen, Germany), Simon Herrlich (Unterkirnach, Germany) and Daniel Hoffmann (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A limit value detection device for multiple detection of a limit value event has a catch mechanism manufactured using microstructuring technology, having a first and a second catch element, each having a plurality of catches, a pawl configured to engage in a catch intermediate space between...