ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,638, issued on June 3, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).

"Reduced offset error configuration for a rotary inductive sensor" was invented by Xiaofeng Huang (Chicago) and Kevin Wolschlager (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a vehicle pedal assembly and an inductive sensor assembly thereof. The inductive sensor assembly includes a rotary inductive sensor target and a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned opposite the rotary inductive sensor target. The inductive sensor assembly includes a first inductive sensor circuit defined on the PCB. The first inductive sensor circuit includes a first coil ...