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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Andrej Albrecht, Stuttgart, DE;
Tobias Zibold, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/10 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/104 (2013.01); G01B 7/003 (2013.01); G01V 3/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A metal sensor includes a primary coil arranged in a first plane, a first compensation coil arranged in a second plane, a second compensation coil arranged in a third plane, and a magnetic field sensor arranged in a fourth plane. The first plane, the second plane, the third plane and the fourth plane are oriented parallel to one another and perpendicular to a common z-direction in each case.