Magnetoresistive type position sensor having bias magnetic and magnet resistance elements in bias magnetic field thereof
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1. A position sensor comprising:
- an object to be detected made of a magnetic material fixed to a body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to an axis of the body of rotation;
a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnetic field to the body of rotation in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation, said bias magnet being disposed radially outwardly of the object; and
a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from the position of disposing the object to be detected in an axial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in the axial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned on a plane which extends from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field.
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Abstract
A rotation object is made of a magnetic material and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation. A bias magnet generates a bias magnetic field to the rotation body in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Magnetic resistance elements are disposed in the bias magnetic field on a plane including the axis of rotation at a position deviated from the position of the rotation object in the axial direction of the rotation body and inclined by about 45° relative to a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
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44 Claims
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1. A position sensor comprising:
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an object to be detected made of a magnetic material fixed to a body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to an axis of the body of rotation; a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnetic field to the body of rotation in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation, said bias magnet being disposed radially outwardly of the object; and a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from the position of disposing the object to be detected in an axial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in the axial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned on a plane which extends from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10, 11, 16, 18, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34)
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4. A position sensor comprising:
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an object to be detected made of a magnetic material fixed to a body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to an axis of the body of rotation; a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnetic field to the body of rotation in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation; and a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from the position of disposing the object to be detected in an axial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in the axial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned on a plane which extends from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field, wherein the magnetic resistance element is disposed on a plane including the axis of the body of rotation and inclined by about 45°
relative to a direction perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 35, 36)
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5. A position sensor comprising:
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an object to be detected made of a magnetic material, fixed to a body of rotation, so as to be disposed at a predetermined radius from an axis of the body of rotation and extending in parallel to and in an axial direction of said axis of the body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation; a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnetic field to the body of rotation in a direction parallel with the axis of the body of rotation; and a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from a position of disposing the object to be detected in a radial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in a radial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned away from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in a direction of said magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet and in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 19, 25, 27, 32, 37, 38)
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8. A position sensor comprising:
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an object to be detected made of a magnetic material, fixed to a body of rotation, having a predetermined radius coaxial with an axial center of the body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation; a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnetic field to the body of rotation in a direction parallel with the axis of the body of rotation; and a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from a position of disposing the object to be detected in a radial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in a radial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned away from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in a direction of said magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet and in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field, wherein the magnetic resistance element is disposed on a plane including the axis of the body of rotation and inclined by about 45°
relative to a direction parallel to the axis of the body of rotation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 39, 40)
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9. A position sensor for detecting a position of a rotation body, said sensor comprising:
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a first arcuate member extending circularly around the rotation body by a first predetermined angle of rotation of the rotation body; a second arcuate member extending circularly around the rotation body by a second predetermined angle of rotation of the rotation body, said second arcuate member being spaced apart from the first arcuate member in a direction of rotation of the rotation body and in one of an axial direction and a radial direction relative to an axis of the rotation body; a bias magnet magnetized in an axial direction thereof and disposed between the first arcuate member and the second arcuate member for generating a bias magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the one of the axial direction and the radial direction, the direction of the bias magnetic field being varied by the first arcuate member and the second arcuate member; and a sensing member disposed between the bias magnet and the rotation body and responsive to a change in the direction of the bias magnetic field, said sensing member being positioned away from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in a general direction of said magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet and in the axial direction of said bias magnet whereby said sensing member is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 41, 42)
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28. A position sensor comprising:
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an object to be detected made of a magnetic material, fixed to a body of rotation and disposed within a predetermined range of an angle of rotation on a plane perpendicular to an axis of the body of rotation, including a semi-circular tooth; a bias magnetic magnetized in an axial direction thereof for generating a bias magnet field to the body of rotation in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the body of rotation; and a magnetic resistance element disposed in the bias magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet, at a position deviated from the position of disposing the object to be detected in an axial direction of the body of rotation and detecting a direction of a magnetic vector in the axial direction of the body of rotation, said magnetic resistance element being positioned away from one magnetic pole side of said bias magnet in a direction of said magnetic field generated directly from said bias magnet and in the axial direction of said bias magnet, whereby said magnetic resistance element is subjected to a greatest possible magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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