Magnetic position sensor

Abstract

The invention relates to a magnetic position sensor in which at least two stator elements are arranged in a magnetic field, a magnetic field probe being located in the air gap between the stator elements, a means that follows the movement of an object being arranged parallel to the plane spanned by the stator elements. In the case of a position sensor which is independent of axial play, the means connected to the movable object is of two-part design, each soft-magnetic part (4a, 4b) having at least one segment and the soft-magnetic elements being connected to one another rigidly in a manner displaced relative to one another, with the result that the segment of the first element (4a) is located opposite a segment gap in the second element (4b), the stator elements (2a, 2b) being arranged between the soft-magnetic elements (4a, 4b) and a magnet (3) that generates the magnetic field perpendicular to the plane spanned by the stator elements (2a, 2b) being arranged both between the stator elements (2a, 2b) and the soft-magnetic elements (4a, 4b).

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