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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Jeremy Schmidt, Chatham, CA;
Inventor:
Jeremy Schmidt, Chatham, CA;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., Auburn Hills, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/07 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An increment sensor assembly includes a two-pole magnet mounted to an output shaft and a Hall effect sensor located parallel to the output shaft. As the output shaft rotates the first Hall effect sensor senses the rotational position of the magnet and correlates that to the rotational position of the output. A second Hall effect sensor is located adjacent to the first Hall effect sensor and is used to determine the direction of rotation of the output shaft.