ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,316, issued on May 26, was assigned to Melexis Technologies SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).
"Position sensor with master and nonius tracks" was invented by Bruno Brajon (Bevaix, Switzerland) and Christian Schott (Bevaix, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing system and a method for sensing position include a first magnetic track comprising a first number of multipoles for generating a magnetic field solidarily fixed to a second magnetic track for generating a magnetic field and a second sensor for sensing magnetic field, forming a magnetic structure. At least two sensors are included. The first sensor is positioned proximal t...