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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1994
Rihito Shoji, Yawata, JP;
Shinji Saitou, Suita, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
The invention is a pressure sensor including a main body including a pressure inlet at and end thereof, a deformable section deformed by a pressure introduced through the pressure inlet, and a non-deformable section maintaining the shape thereof even when supplied with a pressure introduced through the pressure inlet; an amorphous magnetic alloy member having a magnetostriction constant, the amorphous magnetic alloy member being adhered on the deformable section and the non-deformable section; a first permeability detection element for detecting the permeability of a part of the amorphous magnetic alloy member corresponding to the deformable section; a second permeability detection element for detecting the permeability of another part of the amorphous magnetic alloy member corresponding to the non-deformable section; and a yoke for covering the first and the second permeability detection elements; the yoke is adhered on the main body. The amorphous magnetic alloy member and the first and the second permeability detection elements are included in a magnetic circuit, and pressure detection is performed based on the difference between the permeability detected by the first permeability detection element and the permeability detected by the second permeability detection element. The difference is caused by the application of pressure.