ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,823, issued on March 31, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Sensor module including an energy saving operation mode" was invented by Frank Kursawe (Untergruppenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor module. The sensor module includes at least two sensor units; a control device configured to adjust an electrical supply voltage for the sensor units; and a sensor signal output. The sensor units can be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the control device and are electrically connected to the sensor signal output. A first sensor unit, during a normal operation, provides a fir...