ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,889, issued on July 14, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).
"Force detection based on position and/or movement of magnetically sensitive material" was invented by Alan J. O'Donnell (Castletroy, Ireland), Javier Calpe Maravilla (Algemesi, Spain), Jan Kubik (Limerick, Ireland), Jochen Schmitt (Biedenkopf, Germany), Shaun Bradley (Patrickswell, Ireland), Stanislav Jolondcovschi (Carlow, Ireland), Padraig L. Fitzgerald (Mallow, Ireland), Alfonso Berduque (Crusheen, Ireland), Gavin Patrick Cosgrave (Enniscorthy, Ireland), Michael P. Lynch (Bruff, Ireland) and Eoin Edward English (Pallasgreen, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the...