Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Position sensor and position detection method
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Application No.: US17027755Application Date: 2020-09-22
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Publication No.: US11313289B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Shoji Kishi , Toshiya Yoshida , Takayuki Otani , Toshikazu Murata
- Applicant: TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-022978 20200214
- Main IPC: F02D31/00
- IPC: F02D31/00 ; G01D5/14 ; G01R15/20 ; G01R33/07

Abstract:
A position sensor of the present invention includes: a magnet that moves together with a moving body; a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic flux generated by the magnet; and a detector that detects an anomaly of the magnetic sensor based on a detection value detected by the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor is set so as to detect the detection value taking a value on a locus preset in accordance with a position of the moving body, and the locus is set so that a change rate of the detection value corresponding to change of the position of the moving body differs for each of a plurality of sections set within a movement range of the moving body. The detector detects the anomaly of the magnetic sensor based on a relation between the detection value and a comparison value that is a value corresponding to the locus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210254565A1 POSITION SENSOR AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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