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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh, Oberkochen, DE;
Sensitec Gmbh, Lahnau, DE;
Thomas Engel, Aalen, DE;
Uwe Loreit, Wetzlar, DE;
CARL ZEISS INDUSTRIELLE MESSTECHNIK GMBH, Oberkochen, DE;
SENSITEC GMBH, Lahnau, DE;
Abstract
A sensor assembly for determining a spatial position of a first part relative to a second part has at least one magnet disposed on the first part. The magnet generates a magnetic field that extends to the second part. The sensor assembly further has a pair of magnetic field sensors arranged at a spatial distance from each other on the second part. The magnet is positioned in an interval defined by the spatial distance between the magnetic field sensors. The magnetic field sensors each produce an output signal depending on the magnetic field. The output signals of the two magnetic field sensors are combined to form a common sensor signal related to the spatial position of the first part relative to the second part. The output signals of the two magnetic field sensors essentially represent a direction of the magnetic field at the location of the respective magnetic field sensors.