W.c. Heraeus Gmbh

Alcatel N.v.

Standard Elektrik Lorenz Ag

Helmut Becker

Jurgen Witt

Hans P Meyer

Walter Sturm

Werner Fritz

Walter Wohlfart

Rudolf Schnabl

Armin G Kissling

Ursula Eysholt

Ursula Eysholdt

A magnetic field can be detected by moving magnetized areas past a magnetoresistor, which responds to the changing magnetic field. The sensitivity to magnetic fields is limited by the width of the magnetoresistors used. To optimize the sensitivity, two spaced-apart ferromagnetic pole pieces (6, 7) are so disposed between the magnetoresistor and the magnetized areas that their ends (8, 9) at the magnetoresistor (4) form a first gap (10) having a width (11) on the order of the width (12) of the magnetoresistor (4), and that their ends (13, 14) at the magnetized areas form a second, considerably narrower gap (16).

Device for detecting magnetized areas

A device including at least one magnetoresistor for sensing the position of a ferromagnetic part which moves past the magnetoresistor. The magnetoresistor is influenced by a permanent magnet which is mounted near the magnetoresistor in a housing which contains the magnetoresistor. The device is useful as a position, direction, or speed sensor.

Device comprising at least one magneto-resistor contained in a housing

In a magnetic field sensor comprising at least one magnetic-field-dependent resistor disposed in the vicinity of an outer side of a housing that is open on at least one side and further comprising a permanent magnet that is adjacent to said magnetic-field-dependent resistor, the magnetic-field-dependent resistor(s) (6), arranged on a support (4), are in a contacting relationship with the inside of a detector side wall (2) of the housing (1), and the thickness (x) of said detector side wall (2) is, at least in the area of the active surface of the magnetic-field-dependent resistors (6), smaller than that of the other housing walls (17, 18, 19) and/or the housing base (20). A rugged, high-resolution magnetic field sensor is thus obtained.

Magnetic field sensor with magnetic field-dependent resistor

A magnetic field detector has a sensor arrangement which is disposed in a housing and includes a plurality of stripe-magnetic-field-dependent resistors arranged on the underside of a dielectric support. A permanent magnet is oriented perpendicularly to the upper side of the support and to the magnetic-field-dependent resistors. In one embodiment, the sensor arrangement is located approximately in the center of the housing and a plurality of electrical contact means are attached on both sides of the permanent magnet and adjacent thereto within the housing. In another embodiment, the sensor arrangement is located laterally from the center of the housing and the electrical contact means are attached within the housing and adjacent to only one side of the magnet. The electrical contact means have internal terminals which are connected by small wire conductors to the magnetic-field-dependent resistors, and external terminals are formed into solder contacts or plug contacts which are adapted to engage a mating connector.

Mounting arrangement for magnetic field detector

A sensor for use in testing the effect on materials of irradiation and weathering uses solar cells (10) to provide power and uses a transmitter (3) to continuously read out its measurements without interrupting the testing process. The sensor features a number of receptor cells (2) for various spectral ranges and a temperature sensor (17), whose measurements are multiplexed and transmitted under the control of a control logic 18. The receptor cells (2), the photo cells (10) and the electronics (16) are all contained in a preferably cylindrical quartz glass tube (4). The self-contained nature of the sensor and the continuous, immediate read-out of measurements eliminate external wiring requirements and speed up the testing process.

Sensor for testing light and weather resistance of samples

To permit, selectively, illumination of an operating-room field for depth illumination in a path of radiation which may differ from field illumination, a ring-shaped full reflector (3) is located in a reflective position with respect to a light source (1, 2), and, in advance of the main, fully reflective mirror, a mirror system is located which has apertures which can be selectively covered or uncovered with a further mirror element (6, 13, 19) so that the amount of light passing through the apertures of the second mirror system through the first mirror system can be varied, and the path of light controlled in accordance with the relative position of the mirror systems, while the intensity of light reflected by the respective mirror systems is controlled by the positioning of the movable element of the second mirror system with respect to the fixed one.

Operating-room light with variable illumination

A light and weather resistance testing apparatus (9) is provided with a sensor (1) located in the plane of the testing samples (14). The sensor (1) uses a transmitter (4) for wireless transmission of signals representing radiation received to an antenna (3) disposed on the wall (8) of the apparatus housing. The sensor (1) has multiple receptor cells (6) for various spectral ranges. The sensor (1) is powered by solar cells (7) located on the sensor housing. A plotter and display unit (13) can be connected to the apparatus for read-out of irradiance and irradiation. The wireless transmission of data from sensors to the display unit permits continuous measurement during rotation of samples and sensor.

Light and weather resistance sensing system with a sensed signal

To measure contact resistance between a probe and a terminal sample, and to insure gentle engagement of the probe on the sample, a scale beam is used which has an adjustable engagement weight, and which is lowered under control of a cam disk with an interposed magnetic system in which two magnets of equal polarity are placed adjacent each other so that, due to the repelling force of the two magnets, jolt-free, vibration-free engagement is possible, providing in effect a magnetic buffer. Preferably, the probe is a test wheel which, upon lowering from a raised position, can be disengaged from the drive motor which, when the test probe is off the sample terminal, rotates the wheel so that a fresh wheel surface is available for subsequent measurement. Engagement force can be controlled by suitable positioning of a counter weight, for example by a servo motor.

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Helmut Becker