ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,613, issued on April 14, was assigned to LORD Corp. (Cary, N.C.).
"Sensor arrangement having a dual magnet" was invented by Michael Jarzomski (Apex, N.C.) and Askari Badre-Alam (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present subject matter relates to devices, systems, and methods for identifying the position of a movable component. A position sensor system is provided in which a Hall effect sensor is coupled to a fixed housing, and a plurality of magnets is coupled to a movable component that is movable to a sensing position at which the plurality of magnets is proximal to the Hall effect sensor. In this configuration, the pl...