Bearing assembly with encoder ring in slidable contact with sensor
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1. A bearing assembly comprising:
- an inner race and an outer race providing an inner race--outer race annulus, one of said races being fixed, the other race being rotatable;
rolling members located in said annulus around the inner race circumference;
a magnetic field sensor connected to the fixed race; and
an encoder ring with multiple north and south poles around its circumference and elastically connected to the rotatable race for rotation with rotatable race,the elastic connection being a biasing means for maintaining the encoder ring in slidable contact with the magnetic field sensor.
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Abstract
An encoder ring with multiple North and South poles around its circumference is connected to the rotatable race of a bearing assembly for rotation with the rotatable race. A sensor is connected to the fixed race. The encoder ring is kept in slidable contact with the sensor. The slidable contact is maintained by a flexible member which keeps the encoder ring in slidable contact with the sensor.
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1. A bearing assembly comprising:
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an inner race and an outer race providing an inner race--outer race annulus, one of said races being fixed, the other race being rotatable; rolling members located in said annulus around the inner race circumference; a magnetic field sensor connected to the fixed race; and an encoder ring with multiple north and south poles around its circumference and elastically connected to the rotatable race for rotation with rotatable race, the elastic connection being a biasing means for maintaining the encoder ring in slidable contact with the magnetic field sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A bearing assembly comprising:
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an inner race and an outer race providing an inner race--outer race annulus, one of said races being fixed, the other race being rotatable; rolling members located in said annulus around the inner race circumference; an encoder ring with multiple north and south poles around its circumference and connected to the rotatable race for rotation with the rotatable race; and a magnetic field sensor elastically connected to the fixed race, the encoder ring being in slidable contact with the sensor the elastic connection comprising an annular member connected to the fixed race and having a radially extending flange axially spaced from the sensor, and an elastomer ring having its axial ends connected to the sensor and the flange at radially offset points.
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