ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,322, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA (Bevaix, Switzerland).
"Magnetic position sensor system and method" was invented by Gael Close (Morges, Switzerland) and Samuel Huber Lindenberger (Jenaz, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position sensor system includes a magnetic source for generating a magnetic field, and a position sensor device movable relative to the magnetic source, or vice versa. The position sensor device comprises at least three magnetic sensor elements for measuring at least three magnetic field values of the magnetic field, and a processing circuit configured for determining at lea...