Hall effect rotary switch
AssigneeOak Industries Inc.
InventorsDonald Max Henderson, Raymond F. Lewandowski
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Abstract
A Hall effect rotary switch includes a stator and a rotor. The stator mounts a row of spaced Hall effect sensing circuits. There are magnetic means for causing activation of the sensing circuits, with the rotor selectively positioning said magnetic means adjacent said Hall effect sensing circuits to provide coded outputs therefrom at different positions of the rotor.
Claims18
A Hall effect rotary switching device including a stator mounting a plurality of spaced Hall effect sensing circuits, magnetic means for causing activation of said Hall effect sensing circuits, a rotor rotatable adjacent said stator for selectively positioning said magnetic means adjacent said Hall effect sensing circuits to provide position indicating outputs therefrom, and cooperating magnetic indexing means on said rotor and stator for providing a plurality of fixed rotor positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.