ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,715, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TURCK Holding GmbH (Halver, Germany).
"Inductive proximity switch and method for sensing objects" was invented by Stefan Ehls (Hagen, Germany) and Jens Muller (Schwarzenberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed relating to sensing an object using an inductive proximity sensor. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmission coil having turns formed on a first circuit board and including a first primary winding having a first winding direction. The apparatus further includes a first sensor coil having turns formed on a second circuit board and including a secon...