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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Zettlex (Uk) Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Anthony Howard, Suffolk, GB;
Darran Kreit, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Assignee:
ZETTLEX (UK) LIMITED, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/22 (2006.01); G01D 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/2208 (2013.01); G01D 11/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inductive detector is provided for measuring the relative position of bodies along a measurement path comprising: an inductive target arranged along the measurement path; a laminar antenna arranged facing a portion of the target; an electronics circuit arranged along the measurement path; wherein, the inductance of at least one winding in the antenna varies continuously in proportion to the relative position of target and antenna.