ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,127, issued on May 13, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Linear inductive position sensor" was invented by Jacques Jean Bertin (Pocatello, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position of a target is determined using a linear inductive position sensor that includes a target coil, an excitation coil, two sensors and a Vernier processor. The sensors each include two or more receive coils. The receive coils include multiple twisted loops. In the first sensor, the coils have a first period, with loops offset by first distance. In the second sensor, the coils have a second period, with loops o...