ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,607, issued on July 8, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Position sensing method" was invented by Alexander Latham (Harvard, Mass.) and Remy Lassalle-Balier (Bures sur Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, comprising a target, a first receiving coil array, and a second receiving coil array. The target includes: (i) a first array of conductive features that are arranged in a line or arc and separated from one another by voids, and (ii) a second array of conductive features that are arranged in a line or arc and separated from one another by voids, the conductive features in the first array ...