Leopold Kostal Gmbh & Co. Kg

Kostal Kontakt Systeme Gmbh

Kersten Rimke

Stefan Garneyer

Frank Blasing

Klaus Hinteresch

Dirk Bunselmeier

Michael Bieling

Rainer Steiling

A plug-in connector includes a plug-in connector housing having first and second housing parts. The first housing part has electrical components and a blade-like part. The second housing part is connectable to the first housing part and has a recess through which an electrical line can pass to connect with the electrical components. The blade-like part covers a portion of the recess and constricts the recess to a relatively smaller feed-through region when the housing parts are connected together.

Plug-connector housing and plug connector

A chamber housing of an electrical plug-and-socket connector includes rows of chambers which open onto a front housing side to receive elements. Springs respectively extend into the chambers for locking the elements. A slider channel extends along a middle row, connects with the middle row chambers, opens onto a transverse housing side, and borders the springs extending into the middle row chambers. A separation channel is arranged between each pair of adjacent springs extending into the middle row chambers. The separation channels extend along the longitudinal extension of the middle row chambers, open onto a front housing side, and intersect the slider channel. A blocking channel extends along the middle row, borders the springs extending into the middle row chambers, and opens onto the transverse housing side. A slider inserted through the blocking channel meets with the springs extending into the middle row chambers to Prevent buckling of these springs.

Chamber housing for forming an electrical plug-in connection part

A steering angle sensor for determining the absolute angle position of a steering wheel of a motor vehicle includes a first sensor unit (,). The first sensor unit (,) detects the steering angle position within an angle segment of the entire rotational range of the steering wheel. The first sensor unit (,) has a rotor (,) coupled to the rotational movement of the steering wheel. The steering angle sensor further includes a second sensor unit (,) for detecting the steering angle position within an angle segment of the entire rotational range of the steering wheel. The second sensor unit (,) includes a rotor (,) coupled in a geared manner to the rotational movement of rotor (,) such that the rotors (,) have slightly different rotational speeds while the steering wheel is moving. The steering angle position is determined from a measurement value detected by the first sensor unit (,) and a measurement value detected by the second sensor unit (,). Each pair of values serves to define an absolute steering angle position over the entire rotational range of the steering wheel.

Steering angle sensor

An electrical signal transmitter intended for use in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The signal transmitter is provided with a magnetic sensor device for the detection of various positions of a movable vehicle part. To properly recognize a variety of positions, the movable part is connected with a correspondingly movable magnetic trigger member located on a holder. The trigger member has several magnetic tracks extending in the longitudinal direction of movement of the trigger member. Each magnetic track is provided with alternating N/S pole sections to provide a coding scheme. At least one magnetic field sensitive component is associated with each magnetic track to sense fields generated from the N/S pole sections. The at least one magnetic field sensitive component then generates a signal based on the sensed magnetic fields. The signal is indicative of the position of the magnetic trigger. The magnetic field sensitive components are operable with a switching arrangement which evaluates the signal to influence a device associated with the movable part.

Magnetic sensor device for the detection of the position of a motor

Electrical switch gear which comprises a housing formed to be substantially rotationally symmetrical and consisting of an upper housing part and a lower housing part. Inside the housing is disposed an actuating member formed as a push rod, provided in a housing chamber and provided with a permanently magnetized component, and a switching component which can be influenced by the permanently magnetized component and is provided in one housing chamber hermetically separated from the other housing chamber. To create switching gear able to make possible a larger number of switching functions, at least one permanently magnetized component is provided which is disposed on one longitudinal side of the actuating member and extends with its region of action close to one of the separating wall sides extending in the displacement direction of the actuating member. In addition to the one switching component provided on the other separating wall side, at least one further switching component is provided in the other housing chamber and is located in front of or behind the one switching component in the displacement direction of the actuating member.

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Herscheid, Germany

Kersten Rimke