# US 10,481,172 B2 · Sensor and method for producing a sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,481,172 B2 - Document ID: US10481172B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/378,542 - Filed: 2016-12-14 - Published: 2017-06-29 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-23 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Jan Beyersdorfer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10481172B2 ## CPC - G01P 3/44: for measuring angular speed (G01P3/56 takes precedence) - G01P 1/00: Details of instruments - G01P 1/026: {for speed measuring devices, e.g. pulse generator} - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) ## Abstract A sensor includes a sensor core, a deviating component, and an aligning component. The sensor core has a cable that leaves the sensor core in essentially an exit direction, and a counter-structure. The aligning component has an aligning structure adapted to the counter-structure. The deviating component and aligning component define a final alignment of the cable in a direction different than the exit direction. The deviating component is pushed onto the sensor core. The aligning component is pushed laterally onto the sensor core in a mounting direction relative to the sensor core, and is engaged with the counter-structure of the sensor core. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensor, comprising: a sensor core that includes: a cable that leaves the sensor core essentially in an exit direction; and a counter-structure; a deviating component that is push mounted on and engaged with the sensor core; and an aligning component that includes an aligning structure adapted to and engaged with the counter-structure and that is repositionable relative to the counter-structure in a plurality of different mounting directions relative to the sensor core that are transverse relative to the exit direction, the aligning component is laterally push mounted on the sensor core in one mounting direction of the plurality of different mounting directions; wherein the deviating component and the aligning component define a final alignment direction of the cable that is different from the exit direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, wherein the final alignment direction of the cable is based on an angle of the one mounting direction about the exit direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sensor of claim 2, wherein the final alignment direction corresponds to the one mounting direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The sensor of claim 2, wherein: the sensor core further includes a fastening element that is disposed at a fastening angle about the exit direction; the final alignment direction is oriented in relation to the fastening element by the one mounting direction; and the fastening element is at a fixed position relative to the sensor core regardless of the one mounting direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, wherein: the cable includes an annular collar; and the deviating component and the aligning component each define recesses that are configured to hold the annular collar in order to fix the cable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, wherein: the sensor core includes a second ring that is disposed around the cable at a first end of the sensor core, said second ring defining the exit direction; and the deviating component defines a seat and at least partially engages with the second ring via the seat. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sensor of claim 6, wherein: the cable includes an annular collar; the deviating component and the aligning component each define recesses that are configured to hold the annular collar in order to fix the cable; and a deviation angle between the cable and the exit direction is based on an orientation of the recesses defined by the deviating component relative to the seat. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, further comprising: a connecting arrangement that connects the deviating component and the aligning component to each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The sensor of claim 6, wherein: the sensor core further includes a first ring; the aligning component further includes a first seat and a second seat, the aligning component at least partially engaged with the first ring via the first seat and at least partially engaged with the second ring via the second seat. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The sensor of claim 9, wherein the first ring is disposed around the cable between the counter-structure and the second ring. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, wherein: the deviating component includes rails that run along the one mounting direction; the aligning component further includes guides for and corresponding to the rails; and the aligning component and the guides are configured so as to be engaged with each other in an assembled state of the sensor. ### Claim 12 A method of producing a sensor, comprising: mounting a deviating component onto a sensor core that includes (i) a cable leaving the sensor core essentially in an exit direction and (ii) a counter-structure; mounting an aligning component onto the sensor core and the deviating component by laterally pushing the aligning component in one mounting direction of a plurality of different mounting directions that are transverse relative to the exit direction, the aligning component having an aligning structure adapted to the counter-structure and being repositionable relative to the counter-structure in the plurality of different mounting directions; engaging the aligning structure with the counter-structure; and defining, via the alignment component and the deviating component, a final alignment direction of the cable that is different from the exit direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The sensor of claim 5, wherein the recesses defined by the deviating component and the aligning component fully enclose the cable and the annular collar. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The sensor of claim 8, where in the connecting member is a latch. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The sensor of claim 1, further comprising a fastening element fixedly connected to the sensor core. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The sensor of claim 15, wherein the fastening element is an integral component with the sensor core. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein a fastening element is fixedly connected to the sensor core.