US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Jan. 27 for "Proximity sensor system, steering device, and fault diagnostic method for proximity sensor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,341, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Proximity sensor system, steering device, and fault diagnostic method for proximity sensor" was invented by Shotaro Odate (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proximity sensor system includes: a plurality of proximity sensors 4 to 7; and a fault diagnostic device 8 that diagnoses the presence or absence of faults in the proximity sensors 4 to 7. Each of the proximity sensors 4 to 7 includes: an electrode 40 to 70; a power circuit 45 that applies voltage at an oscillation frequency to the electrodes; and a measuring circuit 46 that measures electrical characteri...