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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:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);

Inventor:

James E. Rouleau, Burt, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 11/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/087 (2013.01); F02N 11/101 (2013.01); H03K 17/08116 (2013.01); F02N 2011/0874 (2013.01);
Abstract

A programmable or configurable non-contact solid state switch device and method are provided for emulating a high reliability switch. The switch device senses position information related to a switch and is calibrated using a learning operation to learn position information of mechanical features of the switch and to map the positions of these features. Electrical outputs or functions are assigned to the mapped positions and stored such that the switch device generates the outputs when their corresponding positions are sensed. A switch device is uniquely configured to the mechanical system in which it operates.


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