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Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroyuki Hirano, Tokyo, JP;

Teiichiro Oka, Tokyo, JP;

Yosuke Antoku, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

TDK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01D 5/16 (2006.01); G01D 5/245 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/14 (2013.01); G01D 5/16 (2013.01); G01D 5/245 (2013.01);
Abstract

A position detection system includes a first magnet, a first soft ferromagnetic member, and a magnetic detector. The first magnet is magnetized in a first direction and generates a first magnetic field including a first magnetic line. The first soft ferromagnetic member is rectilinearly movable along a second direction and includes a first outer edge having a first outer edge part remote from the first magnet by a first distance in a third direction and a second outer edge part remote from the first magnet by a second distance in the third direction. The first and second outer edge parts are disposed at different positions in the second direction. The magnetic detector is kept at a predetermined constant position relative to the first magnet. The first magnetic line passes through the magnetic detector in the first direction when the first soft ferromagnetic member is at rest.


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