US Patent Issued to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP on Sept. 30 for "Dual data encoding in a pulse width modulation signal" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,586, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP LLC (Maumee, Ohio).

"Dual data encoding in a pulse width modulation signal" was invented by Perry M. Paielli (Sand Creek, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for encoding position and temperature in a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The method includes acquiring a PWM signal from an eddy current sensor, and determining the temperature of the eddy current sensor based on a PWM signal feature. The PWM signal feature is a PWM frequency and/or a PWM logic level."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/0...