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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Mark Anthony Howard, Worlington, GB;
Darran Kreit, Cambridge, GB;
Mark Anthony Howard, Worlington, GB;
Darran Kreit, Cambridge, GB;
ZETTLEX (UK) LIMITED, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
An inductive position detector with a first and second body, at least one of said bodies being displaceable relative to the other along a measurement path wherein said first body comprises one or more antenna windings forming a first arrangement of windings and said second body comprises a passive resonant circuit incorporating one or more target windings in series with a capacitor; said circuit covering at least in part said first arrangement; characterized in that said first body comprises an additional winding arrangement disposed along at least part of said measurement path; said additional winding arrangement being spaced from said first arrangement of windings; and said second body comprises an additional winding arrangement covering at least in part said additional winding arrangement of said first body.