ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,420, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Arrangement for detecting a torque on a machine element and vehicle having such an arrangement" was invented by Christian Hartmann (Emskirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for detecting a torque on a machine element includes a sleeve having a magnetized region and being arranged on the machine element. The arrangement further includes a magnetic field sensor, which is arranged opposite the sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve. The intermediate sleeve is arranged coaxially between the machine element and the ...