US Patent Issued to CTS on April 8 for "Motor vehicle chassis sensor with overmolded and encapsulated magnet" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,640, issued on April 8, was assigned to CTS Corp. (Lisle, Ill.).

"Motor vehicle chassis sensor with overmolded and encapsulated magnet" was invented by Jess D. Wilson (Glen Ellyn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle chassis sensor assembly for measuring the ride height of a vehicle which comprises a rotary arm member including an overmolded magnet encapsulated in the rotary arm member. In one embodiment, the overmolded magnet includes a layer of overmold material defining an open overmold window in the side and/or top exterior surfaces of the layer of overmold material. Another embodiment includes a pair of spaced magnets t...