ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,663, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).
"Absolute position sensor" was invented by Remy Soucaille (Massy, France) and Jean-Michel Daga (Bourg-la-reine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an absolute position sensing system includes a magnetic field sensor and a target structure. The sensor includes an emitting coil configured to generate a magnetic field in response to a current through the emitting coil, a first arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements, and a second arrangement of magnetic field sensing elements. The target structure includes a plurality of...