US Patent Issued to Ewellix on June 24 for "Position transmitter, linear actuator and position determination method" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,142, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ewellix AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Position transmitter, linear actuator and position determination method" was invented by Christoph Riehl (Liestal, Switzerland) and Urs Kunz (Liestal, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position transducer, a linear actuator and a method for determining a position of two components in relation to each other. The position transducer having measuring unit and a first, second, and third electrode assembly. The third electrode assembly capacitively couples the first and the second electrode assemblies to each other and is movable in relation thereto. The ...