US Patent Issued to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 29 for "Sensor for controlling access to a motor vehicle, having an electrode surrounded by an antenna" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,056, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Sensor for controlling access to a motor vehicle, having an electrode surrounded by an antenna" was invented by Olivier Gerardiere (Toulouse, France), Maxime Rateau (Toulouse, France) and Yannis Escalante (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for a vehicle access control system, includes: a main electrode for carrying out a capacitive-type approach detection; and a transmitting and receiving antenna which is formed by a coil and is configured to transmit and receive a radiofrequency signal in order to identify...