ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,320, issued on June 30, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Redundant inductive sensor system and methods" was invented by Philippe Tekieli (Ecully, France) and Solene Bastien (Naves-Parmelan, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A redundant inductive sensor system includes at least two interface circuits, each associated with a respective transmitting coil that is electromagnetically coupled to one or more receiving coils. The first interface circuit transmits during a first transmitting interval and the second interface circuit transmits during a second transmitting interval that does not overlap with the...