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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Salvador Hernandez-Oliver, Kernersville, NC (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A relative angle sensor includes a stator unit, a magnet unit, and a collector unit. The stator unit includes a stator shaft coupled to and disposed between an upper stator ring and a lower stator ring. Each of the stator rings includes a plurality of teeth with slots defined between adjacent teeth. The stator unit defines a channel between the upper and lower stator rings and outside of the stator shaft. The magnet unit is disposed in the channel and includes at least one magnet. The magnet unit and/or the stator unit is configured to rotate relative to the other of the magnet unit or the stator unit. The collector unit is configured to receive magnetic flux routed from the magnet unit. The magnetic flux routed through the collector unit is responsive to a relative rotational position between the magnet unit and the stator unit.