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Device for determining a rotary angle

US6016605A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 1993
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/2073
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for contactless determination of a rotary angle has a coil body, sensor coils arranged on the coil body so that their inductivity and alternating current resistance values vary in dependence on a relative change of the size of regions of a sleeve-shaped measuring part composed of electrically conductive and/or ferromagnetic material which are associated with the sensor coils, at least one coil being formed as a wire coil which is arranged on a side of the coil body facing the measuring part. The at least one coil has several coil regions extending in a circumferential direction and parallel to an outer surface of the coil body, and in the regions of the coil a winding direction of the at least one coil changes on the catches.

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