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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Shunichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Shunichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Valeo Japan Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A proximity sensor with high accuracy without being subject to an influence due to magnet variations is disclosed. A first yoke is insert-molded in an intermediate position between N and S poles of a magnet, and a projecting portion of the first yoke projects from a wall face of the magnet vertically to a magnetic pole face. A protruding portion of a second yoke opposes the projecting portion to arrange a main body portion in parallel with the wall face of the magnet, and a hall IC having a direction of connecting the projecting portion and the protruding portion as a magnetic responsive direction is arranged in a space between the projecting portion and the protruding portion.