US Patent Issued to Cooper-Standard Automotive on Sept. 16 for "Rotary position sensor with integrated potentiometer" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,865, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. (Northville, Mich.).

"Rotary position sensor with integrated potentiometer" was invented by David S. Malone (Attica, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary position sensor for measuring the position of a rotating shaft comprises an upper housing and a lower housing arranged to be attached to the upper housing. A barrel is rotationally mounted to the attached upper and lower housings and coupled to the shaft is arranged to be positionable within the attached upper and lower housings by the shaft. A potentiometer component is mounted to the barrel and to a...