US Patent Issued to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES on July 14 for "Sensor unit for contactlessly actuating a vehicle element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,185, issued on July 14, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Sensor unit for contactlessly actuating a vehicle element" was invented by Philippe Grass (Regensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a sensor unit for a contactless actuator of an adjustable vehicle element. The sensor unit may include: a carrier element for mounting to a vehicle; a first sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a first capturing area; and a second sensor device attached to the carrier element and having a second capturing area. When mounted on the vehi...