# US 2018/0023978 A1 · Displacement detection device and continuously variable transmission

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- Number: US 2018/0023978 A1
- Document ID: US20180023978A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/656,292
- Filed: 2017-07-21
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-23
- Assignees: Melexis Technologies SA
- Applicants: Melexis Technologies SA
- Inventors: Takumi YOSHIYA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180023978A1

## CPC

- G01D 5/145: {influenced by the relative movement between the Hall device and magnetic fields (see G01R33/06)}
- F16H 9/12: engaging a pulley built-up out of relatively axially-adjustable parts in which the belt engages the opposite flanges of the pulley directly without interposed belt-supporting members
- G01D 5/147: {influenced by the movement of a third element, the position of Hall device and the source of magnetic field being fixed in respect to each other}
- F16H 55/56: of which the bearing parts are relatively axially adjustable
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

Provided are a displacement detection device and a continuously variable transmission which directly detect a position of a movable sheave. An infinitely variable transmission includes: a magnet; a movable sheave which has a concave portion on a circumferential surface; and a sensor provided with Hall elements which are arranged between the magnet and the circumferential surface of the movable sheave, detect, in a rotation direction and a direction orthogonal to the rotation direction, each of changes in magnetic flux densities accompanying the displacement of the movable sheave in the magnetic field which is formed by the magnet and attracted to the concave portion, and output output values according to the magnetic flux densities.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A displacement detection device, comprising:
a magnet which forms a magnetic field;
a measurement target which rotates as well as is displaced in a rotational axis direction and has a concave portion or a convex portion on a circumferential surface; and
a sensor provided with detection elements which are arranged between the magnet and the circumferential surface of the measurement target, detect, in the rotational axis direction and a radial direction of the measurement target, each of changes in magnetic flux densities accompanying displacement of the measurement target in the magnetic field which is formed by the magnet and attracted to the concave portion or the convex portion of the measurement target, and output output values according to the magnetic flux densities, and with signal processing circuits which process outputs of the detection elements,
wherein the sensor has the detection elements arranged in pairs with a predetermined interval in the rotational axis direction, and
the signal processing circuits calculate differences between the output values of the plurality of the detection elements in the rotational axis direction and the radial direction as a first difference and a second difference, respectively, and output, as an output signal, a value obtained based on a ratio of the first difference to the second difference.

### Claim 2

A continuously variable transmission, comprising:
a magnet which forms a magnetic field;
a movable sheave which has a concave portion or a convex portion on a circumferential surface; and
a sensor provided with detection elements which are arranged between the magnet and the circumferential surface of the movable sheave, detect, in a rotational axis direction of the movable sheave and a radial direction of the movable sheave, each of changes in magnetic flux densities accompanying displacement of the movable sheave in the magnetic field which is formed by the magnet and attracted to the concave portion or the convex portion of the movable sheave, and output output values according to the magnetic flux densities, and with signal processing circuits which process outputs of the detection elements,
wherein the sensor has the detection elements arranged in pairs with a predetermined interval in the rotational axis direction, and
the signal processing circuits calculate differences between the output values of the plurality of the detection elements in the rotational axis direction and the radial direction as a first difference and a second difference, respectively, and output, as an output signal, a value obtained based on a ratio of the first difference to the second difference.

### Claim 3

A displacement detection device, comprising:
a magnet which forms a magnetic field; and
a sensor provided with detection elements which are arranged between the magnet and a concave portion or a convex portion formed on a circumferential surface of a measurement target which rotates as well as is displaced in a rotational axis direction, detect, in the rotational axis direction and a radial direction of the measurement target, each of changes in magnetic flux densities accompanying displacement of the measurement target in the magnetic field which is formed by the magnet and attracted to the concave portion or the convex portion of the measurement target, and output output values according to the magnetic flux densities, and with signal processing circuits which process outputs of the detection elements,
wherein the sensor has the detection elements arranged in pairs with a predetermined interval in the rotational axis direction, and
the signal processing circuits calculate differences between the output values of the plurality of the detection elements in the rotational axis direction and the radial direction as a first difference and a second difference, respectively, and output, as an output signal, a value obtained based on a ratio of the first difference to the second difference.