Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Noncontact position sensor
- Patent Title (中): 非接触位置传感器
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Application No.: US12601385Application Date: 2008-06-13
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Publication No.: US08384375B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Mikihiro Ohshima , Motoki Ogata , Yoshinori Takashima
- Applicant: Mikihiro Ohshima , Motoki Ogata , Yoshinori Takashima
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-157217 20070614
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/001523 WO 20080613
- International Announcement: WO2008/125818 WO 20081218
- Main IPC: G01B7/00
- IPC: G01B7/00 ; G01R33/025

Abstract:
A non-contact position sensor includes a magnet, magnetoresistive elements arranged on a line extending in a predetermined direction on a pole surface of the magnet with predetermined intervals, and an object made of magnetic material displaceable in the predetermined direction. The magnetoresistive elements are connected serially between a power supply and a ground. A first magnetoresistive element is connected to the second magnetoresistive element at a first node. A second magnetoresistive element is connected to a third magnetoresistive element at a second node. The object includes a projection and a shaft connected to the projection. The projection can face the first to third magnetoresistive elements. The shaft is located away from the pole surface by a distance longer than a distance between the projection and the pole surface of the magnet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100164485A1 NONCONTACT POSITION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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