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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
May. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ; G01P / ; H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324174 ; 310 / ; 32420721 ;
Abstract
A rotation detecting apparatus including a magnet having alternatively-arranged N-poles and S-poles on a rotator, and a magnetoresistive element having plural (six) magnetoresistive units which are continuously arranged at a predetermined interval on a stator, and signal output units which are provided at prescribed three positions of connection points of the plural detection units, wherein the detection units serving to detect magnetic field which is varied in accordance with rotation of the rotor, and the signal output units serving to output signals whose phases are different from one another by 120.degree. on the basis of the detection of the magnetic field by the detection units.