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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Takeo Okubo, Takefu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishishita, Fukui-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Takeo Okubo, Takefu, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishishita, Fukui-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An angle sensor includes a magnet fixed to a rotational shaft and a Hall device disposed at neutral detection position C such that it faces the magnet, thereby detecting the rotational angle of the magnet based on an output of the Hall device. A magnetic member is attached to each of the magnetic poles of the magnet so that the maximum magnetic flux portions are away from the neutral detection position C in the circumferential direction of the shaft, thereby allowing the magnetic flux distribution to be biased to the direction opposite from the Hall device.