Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic sensing system for a rotary control device
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Application No.: US18086866Application Date: 2022-12-22
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Publication No.: US11869710B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Alexander Wade Gage , Stephen M. Ludwig, Jr. , Robert C Newman, Jr. , William Taylor Shivell
- Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Flaster Greenberg, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01F7/02
- IPC: H01F7/02 ; H02K11/215 ; H03K17/97 ; G01R33/07 ; G01D5/245 ; H03K17/95 ; G01R33/00

Abstract:
A control device includes a moving portion, a magnetic element coupled to the moving portion, at least one magnetic sensing circuit responsive to magnetic fields, and at least one magnetic flux pipe structure. The magnetic element may comprise alternating positive and negative sections configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic element may be any shape, such as circular, linear, etc. The magnetic sensing circuit may be radially offset from the magnetic element, and the magnetic flux pipe structure may be configured to conduct the magnetic field generated by the magnetic element towards the magnetic sensing circuit. The magnetic element may generate the magnetic field in a first plane, and the magnetic sensing may be responsive to magnetic fields in a second direction that is angularly offset from the first plane. The magnetic flux pipe structure may redirect the magnetic field towards the magnetic sensing circuit in the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230131496A1 MAGNETIC SENSING SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY CONTROL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2023-04-27
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