ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,371, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Linear variable differential transducer" was invented by Wojciech Plucinski (Wrzesnia, Poland) and Michal Zgorecki (Grodkow, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear variable differential transducer (LVDT) includes a primary coil, a first secondary coil, and a second secondary coil. Each of the first and second secondary coils comprises a wound portion that is wound around a longitudinal axis of the LVDT, and first and second non-wound portions at either end of the wound portion. The wound portion meets the first and second non-wound portion...