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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa, Lippstadt, DE;
Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
A rotary encoder for a motor vehicle, construction machinery, agricultural machinery or special machinery, at least having a rotor with a rotor element mounted on it in a torsionally resistant manner, a sensor unit designed to determine an angular position of the rotor element, and a housing, wherein the sensor unit is mounted in the housing and the rotor is rotatably mounted on the housing, wherein the rotor element is arranged in a nominal position relative to the sensor unit, in such a way that a rotational movement of the rotor can be detected via the sensor unit. The rotor is designed in several parts and comprises a rotor carrier as well as a torsionally resistant rotor adapter mounted thereon, wherein the rotor carrier is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner, and wherein the rotor element is torsionally mounted on the rotor carrier.