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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

May. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Furlong, Chicago, IL (US);

Lamar Floyd Ricks, Lewis Center, OH (US);

Jason Chilcote, Frisco, TX (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01); G01R 33/072 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device incorporating a magnet and a Hall-effect sensor to determine a location of a portion of the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a magnet mechanically coupled to a first portion of the electronic device and a Hall-effect sensor coupled to a second portion of the electronic device where the first portion and the second portion are moveable with reference to each other and where the Hall-effect sensor receives a magnetic field of the magnet. The device further comprises an electronic stage that outputs a comparison threshold signal based on peak detecting an output of the Hall-effect sensor using a long term adjustment and resetting the long term adjustment to a current output of the Hall-effect sensor in response to a short term adjustment and a switch electronic stage that switches in response to the output of the Hall-effect sensor exceeding the comparison threshold output.


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