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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Joachim Heizmann, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Kloepzig, Spaichingen, DE;
Hans-joachim Wysk, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Joachim Heizmann, Immendingen, DE;
Markus Kloepzig, Spaichingen, DE;
Hans-Joachim Wysk, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano-ken, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a device to generate an rpm-dependent signal, or a tachogenerator, having a plurality of magnet elements with alternating polarity which are arranged and distributed around the circumference of the rotor shaft. The magnet elements preferably take the form of a magnetic ring which has alternatively polarized sections and is held on a support attached to the rotor shaft. The tachogenerator of the present invention has at least one coil parallel to the axis which is arranged on a second supporting device at an axial distance to the magnet elements. The magnets and coils are arranged spatially relative to each other and can be rotated in relation to each other with the rotation of the rotor shaft in order to induce an rpm-dependent signal in the coils. In accordance with the invention, a signal displacement device is provided which superimposes a DC voltage on the signals induced in the coils in order to generate a voltage-displaced signal. This DC voltage is preferably a positive DC voltage in order to raise the rpm-dependent signal to a positive voltage level.