Current sensor
AssigneeMethode Electronics Malta Ltd.
InventorsJohannes Gießibl, Julius Beck, Florian Burghardt, Ibai Sarria, Allen Carl Bonnici
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Abstract
A current sensor has at least one support element that is configured to carry at least one sensing coil of at least two sensing coils of the current sensor. The support element has at least one face on which at least one sensing coil is arranged. The sensing coil is to be used in connection with a current transferring conductor. The at least two sensing coils differ from each other in respect of at least one of an angular orientation of the individual sensing coil relative to a longitudinal axis of the current transferring conductor and/or a vertical distance of the individual sensing coil relative to the current transferring conductor.
Claims14
A current sensor comprising:
- a plurality of sensing coils;
- at least one support element comprising:
- a first face, and
- a second face,
- wherein the second face is located opposite the first face relative the at least one support element,
- wherein each of the first face and the second face carries at least two sensing coils,
- a current transferring conductor adapted and configured for use with the at least one support element, the current transferring conductor extending along a longitudinal direction;
- wherein, on each of the first face and the second face of the at least one support element, the at least two sensing coils differ from each other in respect to at least one of:
- (i) an angular orientation of an individual sensing coil relative to a longitudinal axis of the current transferring conductor;
- and (ii) a vertical distance or position of the individual sensing coil relative to a respective side of the current transferring conductor;
- wherein the at least one support element is clipped onto the current transferring conductor and each of the at least two sensing coils are arranged on a respective one of the first face and the second face of the at least one support element adjacent the current transferring conductor;
- and
- wherein each individual sensing coil is spaced a respective distance from a surface of the current transferring conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.