发明名称 Rotation angle sensor
摘要 A rotation angle sensor includes a magnet that rotates about a rotation axis. The magnet has an end face perpendicular to the rotation axis and has a magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis. The rotation angle sensor further includes a magnetic sensor that faces the end face of the magnet and detects a magnetic field produced by the magnet. The magnet includes a plate-shaped portion including the end face, and a ring-shaped portion that is located on a side of the plate-shaped portion farther from the end face and coupled to the plate-shaped portion. The plate-shaped portion does not include any hollow through which the rotation axis passes, whereas the ring-shaped portion includes a hollow through which the rotation axis passes.
申请公布号 US8749229(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.10
申请号 US201113301076 申请日期 2011.11.21
申请人 TDK Corporation 发明人 Naganuma Hiroshi;Hirabayashi Hiraku;Saruki Shunji
分类号 G01B7/30 主分类号 G01B7/30
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A rotation angle sensor comprising: a magnet that rotates about a rotation axis, the magnet having an end face perpendicular to the rotation axis and having a magnetization in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis; and a magnetic sensor that faces the end face of the magnet and detects a magnetic field produced by the magnet, the rotation angle sensor detecting a rotation angle of the magnet based on a detection output from the magnetic sensor, wherein: the magnet includes: a plate-shaped portion including the end face of the magnet; anda ring-shaped portion that is located on a side of the plate-shaped portion farther from the end face and coupled to the plate-shaped portion, and the plate-shaped portion does not include any hollow through which the rotation axis passes, whereas the ring-shaped portion includes a hollow through which the rotation axis passes, the rotation angle sensor being configured so that on a virtual plane that is parallel to the end face of the magnet and apart from the end face by a distance equal to a distance between the end face and the magnetic sensor, the magnetic field produced by the magnet is in directions parallel to each other at a first position and a second position, the first position being a position at which the rotation axis intersects the virtual plane, the second position being different from the first position.
地址 Tokyo JP