ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,923, issued on April 7, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).

"Vehicle having a sensor arrangement for measuring an actuating angle of the actuating element, measuring arrangement and measurement method" was invented by Holger Leitel (Pullach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a rotationally movable actuating element and a sensor arrangement for measuring an actuating angle of the actuating element. The sensor arrangement has a measuring acceleration sensor which is fastened to the actuating element, and a reference acceleration sensor which is fastened immovably to the vehicle. A method for measurin...