ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,022, issued on May 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Position sensor" was invented by Tetsuya Ohmi (Kariya, Japan), Michihiro Makita (Kariya, Japan), Masahiko Akiyama (Tokyo), Masashi Misawa (Tokyo) and Kenshi Masuo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting unit generates detection signals corresponding to a plurality of ranges aligned in one direction along a moving direction of a detection body, based on a change in the magnetic field constantly received by a detecting element from the detection body. A signal processing unit acquires a detection signal from the detecting uni...