Patent 7322744 was granted and assigned to Ashcroft Inc. on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A temperature measuring device includes a temperature-responsive element that mechanically moves a first inductive assembly component relative to a second inductive assembly component in response to temperature changes. The movement of the first inductive assembly component relative to the second inductive assembly component generates a change in a local eddy current pattern that corresponds to the sensed temperature.