Position sensor for working cylinder

US11378106B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKO GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Hanspeter Thoma · March, DE
• Joachim Reichle · Freiburg (Elbe), DE
• Matthias Roth · Lambach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01B3/11
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A position sensor (1.1, 1.2) for a working cylinder (2.1, 2.2) with a cable drum (4.1, 4.2), a cable (5) with a piston anchor (7.1, 7.2) and an interface (13.1, 13.2) for determining a position and a movement of a piston (3.1, 3.2) of the working cylinder (2.1, 2.2), the position sensor (1.1, 1.2) is to be operatively connected to the working cylinder (2.1, 2.2) from outside in the area of a cylinder head (15.1, 15.2).