Rotary position sensor with integrated potentiometer

An assembly for measuring the position of a rotating shaft comprising:

• an upper housing;
• a lower housing arranged to be attached to the upper housing;
• a barrel rotationally mounted to the attached upper and lower housings and coupled to the shaft, the barrel positionable within the attached upper and lower housings by the shaft;
• a potentiometer component having a resistive band attached to an outer surface of the barrel;
• and
• an electrical sub-assembly mounted to the lower housing and electrically connected to the potentiometer component that measures the position of the barrel and in response generates a position signal.

A rotary position sensor assembly for measuring the position of a rotating shaft comprising:

• a lower housing;
• a barrel mounted to the shaft and placed in a lower housing;
• an upper housing attached to the lower housing that rotatably supports the barrel between the upper and lower housings;
• a potentiometer component having at least a resistive band attached on an outer surface of the barrel rotatable with the barrel;
• and
• an electrical sub-assembly mounted to the lower housing and electrically connected to the potentiometer component that together generate a position signal that measures the position of the barrel when the barrel is rotated by the shaft.