ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,498, issued on April 15, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).
"Angular position sensor system" was invented by Lionel Tombez (Bevaix, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An angular position sensor system includes a two-pole magnet rotatable about a rotation axis; a magnetic sensor device having a plurality of horizontal Hall elements including at least a first, second and third horizontal Hall element located on a virtual circle having a centre located on the rotation axis. The Hall elements are spaced by multiples of 90. The magnetic sensor device has a processing unit connected to the horizontal Hall...