ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,780, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Position sensing method and system" was invented by Remy Lassalle-Balier (Bures sur Yvette, France), Alexander Latham (Harvard, Mass.), Benjamin Geiger (Auburn, N.H.) and Mathew Drouin (Hooksett, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, comprising: a first transmitting coil including at least one first portion and at least one second portion, the first and second portions having different polarities; and a second transmitting coil that is disposed above or below the first transmitting coil, the second transmitting coil including at least on...