Sensor arrangement
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorRonny Ludwig
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A sensor arrangement (2) for determining a rotational angle of a shaft (4) which has at least one locking ring (12) arranged on the shaft (4), wherein a radius of an outer face (40) of the at least one locking ring (12) changes with a period of nφ/360°, and wherein the sensor arrangement (2) has at least one first fixedly installed magnetic sensor (32) which is assigned to the at least one locking ring (12) and, during a rotation of the shaft (4), senses a magnetic field which is influenced by the at least one locking ring (12), wherein n is an integer.
Claims8
A sensor arrangement for determining a rotational angle of a shaft (4), the sensor arrangement comprising:
- a shaft (4) having at least one locking ring (12) embodied as a sinusoidal ring, wherein an outer face (40) of the sinusoidal ring has a radius of r(φ)=r0+rA sin(nφ/360°), where r0 is a radius of a circle that defines the zero crossing points of the sinusoidal ring, rA is a constant which determines the amount the radii of the sinusoidal ring varies from the radius r0, n is a number of complete periods, and φ/360° is an angle that varies between 0° and 360°, the at least one locking ring (12) arranged on the shaft (4), and
- at least one first fixedly installed magnetic sensor (32) which is assigned to the at least one locking ring (12) and, during a rotation of the shaft (4), senses a magnetic field (58) which is influenced by the at least one locking ring (12), wherein n is an integer.
A method for determining a rotational angle of a shaft (4), in which at least one locking ring (12) attached to the shaft (4) includes a sinusoidal ring, wherein an outer face (40) of the sinusoidal ring has a radius of r(φ)=r0+rA sin(nφ/360°), where r0 is a radius of a circle that defines the zero crossing points of the sinusoidal ring, rA is a constant which determines the amount the radii of the sinusoidal ring varies from the radius r0, n is a number of complete periods, and φ/360° is an angle that varies between 0° and 360°, and wherein a magnetic field (58) which is influenced by the at least one locking ring (12) is sensed, where n is an integer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.