US Patent Issued to Melexis Technologies on July 28 for "Position sensor devices, methods and systems based on magnetic field gradients" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,136, issued on July 28, was assigned to Melexis Technologies SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).

"Position sensor devices, methods and systems based on magnetic field gradients" was invented by Nicolas Dupre (Bevaix, Switzerland) and Yves Bidaux (Bevaix, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a linear or angular position of a magnetic sensor device relative to a magnetic source, or vice versa, the sensor device includes at least four magnetic sensor elements. The method involves the steps of: a) determining a first magnetic field gradient; b) determining a second magnetic field gradient; c) determining a ratio of th...