ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,058, issued on May 20, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Integrated torque sensor based on magnetostrictive effect" was invented by Ronald Lehndorff (Mainz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor, comprising: a supporting member; a permanent magnet that is coupled to the supporting member; and a sensor die having a plurality of sensing elements and processing circuitry formed thereon, the plurality of sensing elements being arranged to generate one or more signals in response to a pattern of magnetic flux density that is produced by the permanent magnet and modulated by an application of force to ...