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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183856 | System including signal offset estimation A system includes a first circuit configured to convert a first analog signal to a first digital signal. The system includes a second circuit configured to determine an area of the first digital signal above a set value and an area of the first digital signal below ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183857 | Rotation angle detection device for detecting rotation angle of a rotating body A rotation angle detection device for detecting rotation angle of a rotating body to be measured includes magnetic detection elements which are fixed to a stator and detect magnetic flux density of a magnet which is rotated with the rotating body. The device can cal... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179126 | Hall rotary transformer and hall rotation angle encoder made of it A hall rotary transformer comprises a rotary transformer stator (1), linear Hall components (3), a PCB (4) and a permanent magnet magnetic ring (5). A ring shape soft iron core (2) is installed on the PCB (4). Plural grooves... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174255 | Hall effect system A hall effect system having a housing, an input element coupled to the housing, and a magnetic element coupled to the input element and configured to have a detectable magnetic flux. A sensing element is adjacent to the magnetic element. The sensing element is confi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8138750 | Integrated electronic circuit Disclosed is an integrated electronic circuit comprising a core circuit that generates a useful signal as well as a buffer for storing the useful signal. The buffer stores the last read value of the useful signal for a predetermined period of time when the power sup... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125216 | Methods and apparatus for angular position sensing using multiple quadrature signals A sensor minimizes effects of sensor element misalignment with respect to a magnet. In one embodiment, a sensor comprises a magnet, first, second, third, and fourth sensor elements positioned in relation to the magnet, and a signal processing module to process outpu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8098062 | Comparator circuit having latching behavior and digital output sensors therefrom A digital output sensor (110) includes a sensing structure (105) including at least one sensing element. The sensing structure (105) outputs a differential sensing signal (106, 107). An integrated circuit (100) includes a substrate... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089270 | Magnetic field detector having a variable threshold Apparatus for detecting a passing magnetic article includes a peak detector providing a detector output signal that changes state when the magnetic field signal differs from a magnetic field tracking signal by more than a threshold offset amount. The threshold offse... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089269 | Annular magnetic encoder An annular magnetic encoder capable of detecting an absolute position precisely by specifying the shape of a magnetization pattern. The annular magnetic encoder (A) is of such a type that the magnetic poles (2a) of N pole and S pole are formed alternat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085035 | Hall element and magnetic sensor A Hall element is provided which has a high sensitivity and contributes to an improvement in S/N ratio per current by using a low-concentration n-well within a suitable range. The Hall element includes a p-type semiconductor substrate layer of p-type silicon, and an... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067935 | System for sensing the opening and closing of a pharmaceutical container Multiple embodiments of mechanisms for sensing the opening and closing of pharmaceutical containers are disclosed. In particular, the example sensing mechanisms of the invention trigger an automatic, built-in, electronic dosage reminder and open/close event logging ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063627 | Linear sensor having angular redirection and cable displacement The linear sensor 1 for measuring an axial path L0 of a part 2 sliding in an axial direction 20 in a frame 3 comprises a mobile part 4 cooperating with a fixed part 5, said mobile part 4 comprising: ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040128 | Scanning susceptometer According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a magnet assembly to produce a static magnetic field and a set of high-Tc flux transformers to detect a flux change from an item when the item is subjected to the static magnetic field produced by the ma... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8022692 | Direction detection sensor A sensor responsive to movement of a detection target includes a magnetic field transducer operative to provide a magnetic field signal proportional to a magnetic field associated with the detection target, a peak detector for tracking positive and negative peaks of... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8008910 | Strut position sensor including a magnet mounted on an idler gear contained in a stator portion, which is movable relative to a rotor portion connected to the strut, and a galvanomagnetic sensor in the stator portion for detecting angular position of the strut A power actuator system for a movable vehicle panel such as a lift gate assembly includes a position sensor that detects the pivotal movement of a strut mechanism of the power lift gate assembly relative to the host vehicle. A rotary sensor is coupled directly to an... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999536 | Absolute position magnetic encoder with binary and decimal output An absolute position magnetic encoder includes a first magnetic track configured for a binary output, a second magnetic track configured for a decimal output, a first magnetic sensor positioned proximate the first magnetic track to detect the magnetic field of the f... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994774 | Methods and apparatus for an analog rotational sensor having magnetic sensor elements A sensor includes a magnetic position sensing element to generate angular position information, a first signal generator, a second signal generator, a first inverter to invert the first waveform for providing a first inverted waveform and a second inverter to invert... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7969144 | Sensor device for measuring a magnetic field A sensor device for measuring a magnetic field in the region of a primary part of a permanently excited electrical machine or a corresponding primary part having teeth includes a sensor metal plate for conducting a magnetic field, a spacer, and a sensor for measurin... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7915888 | Systems and methods for detecting angular position Methods and systems for detecting an angular position of an electric motor are disclosed, including sending an electrical pulse through a stator coil of the electric motor, determining an approximate angular position of a rotor of the electric motor in response to d... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911203 | Sensor having an analog processing module to generate a linear position output A sensor having a signal generation module including a first magnetic sensor, an analog signal processing module, and a signal inversion module for inverting a first waveform and a second waveform, wherein the signal inversion module outputs the first and second wav... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7872470 | Motor speed sensor assembly for detecting rotational direction and speed A drive assembly for a vehicle door is provided. The drive assembly includes a motor having a driving member. The drive assembly further includes a housing having a shaft rotatably received therein. The drive assembly further includes an input member being rotatably... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7843190 | Position detection apparatus A magnetic flux detection unit and a rectangular solid magnet are provided. The magnetic flux detection unit includes one or more pairs of Hall sensors, each pair having two Hall sensors arranged on a substrate. The solid magnet is arranged movably in a direction in... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7777482 | Joining element A joining element is proposed which, for force measurement, senses a relative motion between a magnet system and a magnet sensor apparatus. The magnet system is disposed with respect to the magnet sensor apparatus in such a way that a component of the magnetic field... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7759929 | System and method for determining an angle of rotation with cascade sensors A sensor arrangement for detecting an angle of rotation of a rotating body. At least one first sensor and one second sensor are connected to one another in a cascade in such a manner that the sensor signal from the first sensor is converted into a first control curr... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7741839 | Non-contacting position sensor using a rotating magnetic vector A sensor for sensing the position of an object includes a magnet and a magnetic flux sensor. The magnet has dimensions that include a length, a width and a height. The magnet is adapted to generate a flux field. The flux field has a magnitude of flux and a flux dire... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7714570 | Methods and apparatus for an analog rotational sensor having magnetic sensor elements Methods and apparatus for a sensor include a signal generation module including a first magnetic sensor to generate a first waveform in the form of a sine wave and a second magnetic sensor to generate a second waveform in the form of a cosine wave, the first and sec... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710108 | Hall effect accelerator module An accelerator module for an electric vehicle, including a rotor actuator designed to hold a magnet in one end and to provide a drive interface with the vehicle at the other end. The accelerator module employs a Hall Effect chip configured to produce a variable volt... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701202 | Compliant tactile sensor that delivers a force vector Tactile Sensor. The sensor includes a compliant convex surface disposed above a sensor array, the sensor array adapted to respond to deformation of the convex surface to generate a signal related to an applied force vector. The applied force vector has three compone... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701203 | Method of sensing a position of a movable component of an operator interface in a machine A method of sensing a position of a movable component of an operator interface includes a step of receiving a first signal from a first Hall effect sensor and a second signal from a second Hall effect sensor. The method also includes a step of determining the positi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7679362 | Hall-effect pressure switch A switch includes housing and a magnet that is mounted inside the housing. The magnet generates a magnetic field having magnetic flux. The switch further includes a flux concentration device that is located inside the housing and that selectively moves between first... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675283 | Relative position detection device for motor vehicle A relative position detection device is designed with multiple Hall Effect sensors. In one embodiment, the multiple Hall Effect sensors comprise two different types of Hall Effect sensors. The two different types can be linear and digital. The output of the sensors ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7595634 | Method of determining the angular position of a headlight by several magnetic field measurement means A measurement device and method for determining the angular position of a pivoting headlight by means of a measurement device that comprises at least one ferromagnetic element that emits a local magnetic field, first means of measuring the local magnetic field in pr... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7586301 | Hall sensor arrangement and use of a hall sensor arrangement in a belt lock Hall sensor arrangement is disclosed for detection of the change in the position of two components which can move relative to one another into two end positions, with a Hall sensor with at least one Hall measurement field (H; H1, H2) and a field magnet... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583078 | Rotation angle detecting device and method of correcting temperature characteristic of the same A method of correcting temperature characteristic of a rotation angle detecting device that includes a permanent magnet, a magnetic core, a Hall element that rotates relative to the permanent magnet when a rotating object rotates to provide an output signal. The met... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7570047 | Hall effect based angular position sensor A magnetic rotational position sensor that employs a single magnet mounted on a rotating turret that rotates on a housing that is fixedly mounted about a fixed ball stud. The turret is arranged to rotate around the ball stud in a first plane. A magnetic field orient... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7538543 | Redundant pedal position sensor A pedal position sensor provides a redundant pair of output signals that are indicative of the pedal position by providing a pair of shaped plates that are mounted on a pedal shaft. A single magnet generates a magnetic field that is changed depending on a position o... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7535217 | Force sensor array having magnetostrictive magnetoresistive sensors and method for determining a force The invention relates to a force sensor having a layer sequence for determining a force acting on the layer sequence along a predefined force axis. The layer sequence includes, arranged successively in a vertical direction, a first magnetic layer with a first magnet... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7521922 | Linear position sensor A linear sensor uses four spaced apart magnets arranged in a rectangular array and has an axis of symmetry. Each magnet has a staircase shape of at least two steps ascending towards a centerline. Each magnet of the array has a single N-S with magnets arranged as mir... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7511479 | Longitudinal adjuster, including a position recognizer, for a vehicle seat In the case of a longitudinal adjuster (1) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, with at least one first seat rail (5), at least one second seat rail (8) which is displaceable relative to the first seat rail (5) and ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7492149 | Circuit configuration for processing a signal of a sensor and method of using the circuit configuration A circuit configuration for processing a signal of a sensor includes an amplifier for amplifying the signal of the sensor. This signal has switch-over points between different signal states. The circuit configuration is constructed in such a manner that the amplifie... | 02/17/2009 |
