Patents by Inventor Anthony Ringer

Anthony Ringer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD-BASED PROXIMITY SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF DETECTING A PROXIMITY OF AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20060290347
    Abstract: A proximity sensor assembly includes a multilayer printed wiring board proximity sensor, the proximity sensor being operable as either a variable-reluctance sensor or an eddy current loss sensor. The proximity sensor includes a plurality of layers configured to form at least one wound coil disposed about at least a portion of a core. The coils are electrically driven to generate an alternating magnetic field such that the inductance of the coils changes when a permeable or conductive object is moved in relation to the magnetic field. The change in inductance is recognized and used to detect the proximity and presence of an object relative to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert LaClair, Lawrence Maier, Anthony Ringer
  • Printed circuit card-based proximity sensor and associated method of detecting a proximity of an object
    Publication number: 20060113991
    Abstract: A proximity sensor assembly includes a multilayer printed wiring board proximity sensor, the proximity sensor being operable as either a variable-reluctance sensor or an eddy current loss sensor. The proximity sensor includes a plurality of layers configured to form at least one wound coil disposed about at least a portion of a core. The coils are electrically driven to generate an alternating magnetic field such that the inductance of the coils changes when a permeable or conductive object is moved in relation to the magnetic field. The change in inductance is recognized and used to detect the proximity and presence of an object relative to the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert LaClair, Lawrence Maier, Anthony Ringer