US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE on Sept. 1 for "Position detection unit, clutch actuator with a position detection unit, and vehicle clutch with a position detection unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,629, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Position detection unit, clutch actuator with a position detection unit, and vehicle clutch with a position detection unit" was invented by Christian Huber (Munich) and Matthias Albrecht (Wolfratshausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position detection unit for detecting a position of an actuating element, disposed within a housing of a clutch actuator of a vehicle clutch, including: a magnetic encoder element in the housing of the clutch actuator on the actuating element, a sensor outside the housing of the clutch actuator and ...