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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Brian G. Babin, Bristol, IN (US);
Brian G. Babin, Bristol, IN (US);
CTS Corporation, Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A non-contacting sensor assembly including a connector assembly and a magnet assembly. The connector assembly includes a sensor coupled directly to the end of the terminals of the connector assembly. A sleeve is overmolded around and seals the sensor and the terminals. A capacitor is soldered in a recess in the terminals. The terminals include flexible regions, such as regions of reduced thickness, which reduce the effects of thermal expansion/contraction stresses on the solder. In one embodiment, the sensor assembly is a rotary position sensor assembly in which the magnet assembly is molded into a rotatable drive arm assembly located in a housing, the connector assembly is coupled to the housing, and the sensor extends into the housing and into adjacent relationship with the magnet assembly.