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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Inventors:
Thorsten Krayer, Stuttgart, DE;
Paul Ludyga, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE;
Peter Petrovics, Zirc, HU;
Lukas Foll, Stuttgart, DE;
Holger Haupt, Denkendorf, DE;
Jurgen Schiller, Reutlingen, DE;
Matthias Hofmann, Nurtingen, DE;
Assignee:
BALLUFF GMBH, Neuhausen ADF, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 (2013.01); G01R 27/2611 (2013.01); G01R 31/282 (2013.01); H05K 1/0274 (2013.01); G02B 6/0051 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01);
Abstract
A housing part () for a sensor has a transparent, hollow base body which has a toothing () in the form of a straight-toothed gearwheel in a circular-cylindrical emission region on its lateral surface. A circuit board of the sensor is partially arranged in the housing part (). The circuit board has at least one light source which faces the emission region.