Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotation angle sensor
- Patent Title (中): 旋转角传感器
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Application No.: US12457920Application Date: 2009-06-25
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Publication No.: US08237432B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Tetsuya Inotsuka , Masanori Endo
- Applicant: Tetsuya Inotsuka , Masanori Endo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Niles Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Niles Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-172755 20080701
- Main IPC: G01B7/30
- IPC: G01B7/30

Abstract:
A rotation angle sensor providing excellent output characteristics is provided. The rotation angle sensor has a structure in which a ring-shaped permanent magnet provided so as to be rotatable integrally with a rotor connected to a member to be detected; magnetic flux gathering yokes surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped permanent magnet with a certain clearance being formed between the outer circumferential surface and the magnetic flux gathering yokes; and Hall ICs 30 arranged in gaps between the magnetic flux gathering yokes, are arranged inside a casing formed by a casing body and a cover. In the casing body, a guide tube surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the ring-shaped permanent magnet is formed with a certain clearance being formed between the outer circumferential surface and the guide tube. The guide tube is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the casing, and the magnetic flux gathering yokes are fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the guide tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100001721A1 Rotation angle sensor Public/Granted day:2010-01-07
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