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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Marx, Stuttgart, DE;
Franz Jost, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 ; G01R 3/306 ; G01R 3/3025 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 ; G01R 3/306 ; G01R 3/3025 ;
Abstract
An angle encoder for determination of an angle between a sensor device ( ) and a magnetic field, having a magnet ( ) that generates the magnetic field, a number of Hall elements ( ) disposed in the magnetic field, and flux-conducting parts ( ) made of ferromagnetic material disposed between the Hall elements and rotationally fixed in relation to them, wherein the magnet ( ) is embodied so that it can rotate in relation to the Hall elements and the flux-conducting parts, wherein at least four Hall elements ( ) are provided.