Shaft arrangement having a rolling bearing

US8079275B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler KG · DE

Inventors

• Harald Grab · Hannover, DE
• Michael Pausch · Dittelbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2370/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A shaft arrangement, with a rotatable shaft supported in a rolling bearing, which has rolling elements and an outer race, a torsion sensor having a permanently magnetic ring and at least one magnetic field sensor fastened to a fixed sensor bracket attached to the outer race being provided. A torsion sensor can hereby be integrated in a rotating bearing in a simple design.