US Patent Issued to AZOTEQ HOLDINGS on July 21 for "Inductive movement sensor" (South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,409, issued on July 21, was assigned to AZOTEQ HOLDINGS Ltd. (Nicosia, Cyprus).

"Inductive movement sensor" was invented by Frederick Johannes Bruwer (Paarl, South Africa), Daniel Barend Rademeyer (Paarl, South Africa), Jean Viljoen (Paarl, South Africa) and Frederick Johannes Bruwer Jr. (Paarl, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring technique, useful in diverse applications such as in joysticks and power tools, wherein an interfering member is positioned so that upon movement e.g. by a user a magnetic field, established by a solenoid coil, is altered and a change in a measured inductance of the coil is related to th...