US Patent Issued to Allegro MicroSystems on Oct. 28 for "Inductive linear stroke sensor using dual tracks with different periodicity" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,178, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Allegro MicroSystems LLC (Manchester, N.H.).

"Inductive linear stroke sensor using dual tracks with different periodicity" was invented by Emanuele Andrea Casu (Annecy, France), Ross Eisenbeis (Litchfield, N.H.) and Solene Bastien (Naves-Parmelan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including: a target having a first track and a second track, a first receiving coil that is aligned with the first track, the first receiving coil having a first period length; a second receiving coil that is aligned with the first track the second receiving coil having a second period length; a third rec...