The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kujirai, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kujirai, Tokyo, JP;
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano-ken, JP;
Abstract
A flux compensated rotational position detector includes a rotating element having a plurality of magnetic poles extending over its entire periphery, and a fixed element having a plurality of protruding fixed-element magnetic poles with fixed-element magnetic pole teeth opposing the rotating element, and first and second compensating poles disposed on either side of the fixed-element magnetic poles, the first and second compensating poles having respective first and second magnetic pole teeth opposing the rotating element, wherein the fixed element does not form a closed magnetic path around the entire periphery of the rotating element, magnetizing windings are provided on all of the first and second compensating poles and the fixed-element magnetic poles, and sine output and cosine output windings are provided on each of the fixed element magnetic poles. Methods for operating the detector are also described.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile