Micro-epsilon Messtechnik Gmbh & Co. Kg

Tobias Schopf

Reinhold Hoenicka

Georg Schitter

Thomas Wisspeintner

Axel Seikowsky

Torsten Thelemann

Josef Nagl

Heinrich Baumann

Jakob Stieß

Harald Haas

Ernst Csencsics

Johannes Schlarp

Jakob Stiess

The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator having a magnetic circuit comprising at least two, preferably three, magnetic circuit elements, wherein the magnetic circuit elements exert an attracting or repelling force on one another such that the actuator effects a movement, wherein the position of at least one of the magnetic circuit elements relative to another magnetic circuit element can be adjusted in order to influence the actuator rigidity.

Electromagnetic actuator

A disclosed reluctance actuator includes a magnetizable stator, at least one coil, and a yoke. The coil is configured to generate a magnetic field in the stator and the yoke is configured to partially close the magnetic flux of the stator. The yoke is further configured as a movable element that performs lifting/tilting movements. An actuator system including a non-magnetic housing and a reluctance actuator is also disclosed. In the actuator system, the reluctance actuator may be at least partially located in the non-magnetic housing. A method of performing lifting/tilting movements of the yoke of a reluctance actuator is also disclosed. The method includes controlling a current in the at least one coil of the reluctance actuator to thereby generate a magnetic field in the stator. The magnetic field generates a lifting/tilting movement of the yoke due to interaction between the magnetic field and the yoke.

Reluctance actuator

1. A device for the contactless distance and/or position determination of a measurement object (), with an electrically conductive measurement object () and with a sensor () operating in particular according to the inductive, capacitive or the eddy current principle, wherein the sensor () comprises a measurement device (), characterized in that the measurement device () is formed by at least two measurement elements (&#x2033;) which are spatially separated from each other. Moreover, a corresponding sensor () is indicated.

Device and sensor for contactless distance and/or position determination of a measurement object

Sensor with a one-layer or multi-layer sensor element operating in a contact-free manner and a housingcomprising an electric/electronic connection and, in given cases, electronic components, where the sensor element comprises a coil arrangementwhose windingshave a defined line width, line thickness, and line spacingper layerand whose layershave a defined layer thicknessand, in given cases, a defined layer spacing, characterized in that the sensor element is built up from ceramic layers in the sense of multi-layer ceramics and that with respect to traditional coil arrangements the layer thicknessor the layer spacingis reduced and the number of windings per cross-sectional surface area is increased.

Sensor and sensor element

The invention relates to a sensor, comprising a sensor element () that operates without contact, an electronic component (), and a housing () having an electrical/electronic connection. The sensor element () is part of the housing () and is used to close and seal the housing () with respect to the measurement side ().

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Bad Birnbach, Germany

Tobias Schopf