ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,361, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Incremental magnetic encoder" was invented by Mathieu Besnard (Merignac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An incremental magnetic encoder is provided which defines an encoder axis and which as a fixed body and a body movable with respect to the fixed body along at least a first direction of encoding. One of the bodies, called first body, has a first ring extending along a first longitudinal direction coinciding with an encoder axis and a first circumferential direction perpendicular to the first longitudinal direction, and defining a magnetic alternation alo...