ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,819, issued on March 31, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).
"Position detection device and brake pedal device" was invented by Takamitsu Kubota (Kariya-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position detection device detects a position of a rotating body that is provided around a predetermined axis center with respect to a fixed body. A target is fixed to the rotating body. An inductive coil is fixed to the fixed body at a position facing the target in an axial center direction. The transmitting and receiving circuit applies an alternating current to the inductive coil and detects a position of the target. A mag...