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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut Becker, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Standard Elektrik Lorenz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 / ;
Abstract
A device including at least one magnetoresistor for sensing the position of a ferromagnetic part which moves past the magnetoresistor. The magnetoresistor is influenced by a permanent magnet which is mounted near the magnetoresistor in a housing which contains the magnetoresistor. The device is useful as a position, direction, or speed sensor.