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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vern C Van Fleet, III, Wolcott, CT (US);
Assignee:
Echlin, Inc., Branford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ; G01P / ; G01B / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324174 ; 32420715 ; 336 92 ;
Abstract
A magnetic sensor is provided having a pole piece, a housing for receiving and containing the pole piece, a sensing magnet and a cap for mounting the sensing magnet within the housing while retaining cracked magnet portions and either absorbing forces applied by the housing or distributing them over an entire surface of said magnet. In another aspect the invention provides a cap for mounting a sensing magnet in a magnetic sensor housing.