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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5492571
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08140956

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An article comprising first and second bodies of permanent magnet material, each of said first and second bodies consisting substantially of a substrate of permanent magnet material being magnetized substantially uniformly to a predetermined flux density in a range from zero flux to 100% flux saturation of the permanent magnet material; each of the first and second bodies also comprising a pattern of at least one affected volume in a surface of the body, wherein each affected volume has a magnetic flux density that varies from the substantially uniform predetermined flux density and wherein the first and second bodies are stacked and fixedly attached so that the pattern on each body aligns with the pattern on the other body, wherein at least one affected volume on the first body is aligned with at least one affected volume on the second body and wherein the aligned affected volumes comprise a pole detectable by a magnetic sensor.

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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATIONP O BOX 33114 DETROIT MI 48232

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bradley, John R Clarkston, MI 20 473
Frosch, Robert A Boston, MA 10 254
Lequesne, Bruno P B Troy, MI 27 1029
Perry, Thomas A Washington, MI 58 638
Schroeder, Thaddeus Rochester Hills, MI 120 2812

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