US Patent Issued to Witte Automotive on Sept. 1 for "Handle module with actuating module for an electronic locking system, and vehicle door with handle module" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,447, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).

"Handle module with actuating module for an electronic locking system, and vehicle door with handle module" was invented by Reinaldo Mensch (Wuppertal, Germany), Ralf Hohn (Velbert, Germany) and Karsten Steinhauer (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle module may have at least one actuating module for triggering a switching function. The actuating module may be designed as a capacitive actuating sensor and may have two or more capacitive auxiliary electrodes for detecting secondary signals. The actuating module may also have a capacitiv...