ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,985, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Linear inductive sensor" was invented by Alain Fontanet (Muret, France) and Jeremie Blanc (St Jean, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inductive position sensor includes a primary winding, a first secondary winding, and a second secondary winding superimposed on the first secondary winding, wherein each turn comprises two turn segments referred to as transverse segments, each oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and at least two segments referred to as longitudinal segments arranged each time between two transverse se...