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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
James Gregory Stanley, Novi, MI (US);
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetically-based position sensor. The sensor includes a magnet assembly that moves along a path, a common collector, one or more magnetic sensing elements, a first variable collector, and a second variable collector. The one or more magnetic sensing elements are coupled to the common collector. The first and second variable collectors are coupled to one of the one or more magnetic sensors and are configured to collect a magnetic field. The first and second variable collectors are positioned to transmit some of the magnetic flux generated by the magnet assembly as the magnet assembly moves along the path. The first variable collector and the second variable collector have a geometry and orientation such that the flux collected by the first and second variable collectors varies as the magnet moves along the path.