US Patent Issued to RESIDEO on Feb. 17 for "Determining rotation using sensor displaced from magnet" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,638, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RESIDEO LLC (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Determining rotation using sensor displaced from magnet" was invented by Luis Antonio Aros (Golden Valley, Minn.) and Raul Antonio Rascon Perez (Golden Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may be configured to control a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system within a building. The device includes a rotatable dial comprising a first gear; a second gear configured to engage with the first gear, wherein a rotation of the first gear causes the second gear to rotate; a magnet placed on the second gear, wherein the magnet rotates...