ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,207, issued on May 12, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Rotary position sensor" was invented by Subramanian Esakki (Charlotte, N.C.), John Jerred (Charlotte, N.C.), Stephen Tillotson (Charlotte, N.C.), Paresh Sanchihar (Charlotte, N.C.) and Vijayshekhar Araganji (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sensing rotary positions are provided. For example, an example rotary position sensor includes a rotor assembly having a rotor assembly opening for securing the rotor assembly to a shaft structure, a stator assembly having a stator assembly opening for receivin...