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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:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2024
Applicant:

Melexis Technologies SA, Bevaix, CH;

Inventor:

Lorenzo Lugani, Bevaix, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/20 (2006.01); H01F 27/36 (2006.01); H01F 38/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/2053 (2013.01); H01F 27/36 (2013.01); H01F 38/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inductive angle sensor includes a transmitter coil and an excitation circuit; a first set of receiver coils has a geometry with a first periodicity N; a first movable coupling element has a periodic geometry with said first periodicity N; a second set of receiver coils has a geometry with a second periodicity M smaller than the first periodicity N; a second movable coupling element having a periodic geometry with said second periodicity M; wherein a ratio N/M of the first periodicity N and the second periodicity M is equal to 1.5. A torque sensor includes an inductive angle sensor and a torque bar. A printed circuit board includes the plurality of coils.


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