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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Toyo Denso Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01); B62K 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/091 (2013.01); B62K 11/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A position sensor according to the present invention includes: a magnet configured to move together with a moving body and generate a first magnetic flux along a specific movement direction of the moving body and a second magnetic flux along the opposite direction to the specific movement direction of the moving body; and a sensor configured to detect the direction of the first magnetic flux and the direction of the second magnetic flux. The magnet is configured by at least one magnet having at least two pairs of magnetic poles to be paired formed thereon.