A position detection system includes a first magnet, a first soft ferromagnetic member, and a magnetic detector. The first magnet is magnetized in a first direction and generates a first magnetic field including a first magnetic line. The first soft ferromagnetic member is rectilinearly movable along a second direction and includes a first outer edge having a first outer edge part remote from the first magnet by a first distance in a third direction and a second outer edge part remote from the first magnet by a second distance in the third direction. The first and second outer edge parts are disposed at different positions in the second direction. The magnetic detector is kept at a predetermined constant position relative to the first magnet. The first magnetic line passes through the magnetic detector in the first direction when the first soft ferromagnetic member is at rest.

A sensor arrangement comprising an angle sensor for measuring torsion is disclosed. The angle sensor is designed for carrying out a measurement via n poles, where n1, and primarily comprises a sensor ring which at least partially surrounds a rotational axis, and a material measure which is rotatable relative to this sensor ring. One transmitting coil and multiple receiver coils are situated on the sensor ring. A magnetic circuit is formed between the transmitting coil and the receiver coils, which magnetic circuit comprises the material measure and a pot core including two limbs. In this case, the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. At least one of the two limbs of the pot core is segmented in such a way that the limb comprises ring segments. Each of the receiver coils surrounds at least one of the ring segments. Each of the ring segments forms a circular arc having a mean radius. The ring segments may be provided in pairs. The mean radii of the two ring segments of the individual pairs have an angle () relative to each other of (60/n+i.Math.360/n), wherein i is a whole number. The disclosure further relates to a rolling bearing arrangement.

A method for measuring an angular position of a rotating shaft, the method including providing a magnetic field which rotates with the shaft about an axis of rotation, positioning an integrated circuit having first and second magnetic sensing bridges within the magnetic field at a radially off-center position from the axis of rotation, the first and second magnetic sensing bridges respectively providing first and second signals representative of first and second magnetic field directions, the integrated circuit having a set of adjustment parameters for modifying attributes of the first and second signals, modifying values of the set of adjustment parameters until errors in the first and second signals are substantially minimized, and determining an angular position of the shaft based on the first and second signals.

A sensor arrangement comprising an angle sensor for measuring torsion is disclosed. The angle sensor is designed for carrying out a measurement via n poles, where n1, and primarily comprises a sensor ring which at least partially surrounds a rotational axis, and a material measure which is rotatable relative to this sensor ring. One transmitting coil and multiple receiver coils are situated on the sensor ring. A magnetic circuit is formed between the transmitting coil and the receiver coils, which magnetic circuit comprises the material measure and a pot core including two limbs. In this case, the material measure forms a variable reluctance in the magnetic circuit. At least one of the two limbs of the pot core is segmented in such a way that the limb comprises ring segments. Each of the receiver coils surrounds at least one of the ring segments. Each of the ring segments forms a circular arc having a mean radius. The ring segments may be provided in pairs. The mean radii of the two ring segments of the individual pairs have an angle () relative to each other of (60/n+i.Math.360/n), wherein i is a whole number. The disclosure further relates to a rolling bearing arrangement.

Embodiments relate to a position sensor comprising a magnetic target. The magnetic target includes a magnetic multipole configured to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field has three mutually-perpendicular components at a first region. Sensor elements can be configured to measure these field components at the first region. In embodiments, comparing the amplitudes of the components can be used to determine a global position, and the instantaneous values of these components can be used to determine a local position.

A method for measuring an angular position of a rotating shaft, the method including providing a magnetic field which rotates with the shaft about an axis of rotation, positioning an integrated circuit having first and second magnetic sensing bridges within the magnetic field at a radially off-center position from the axis of rotation, the first and second magnetic sensing bridges respectively providing first and second signals representative of first and second magnetic field directions, the integrated circuit having a set of adjustment parameters for modifying attributes of the first and second signals, modifying values of the set of adjustment parameters until errors in the first and second signals are substantially minimized, and determining an angular position of the shaft based on the first and second signals.

A detection coil incorporated in a self-oscillation circuit, which includes the coil and a capacitor and is set to a high frequency band (e.g., around 1 MHz or higher). A target section has a relative position to the coil section that varies in response to displacement of a detection object and includes a magnetism-responsive member constructed to cause inductance of the coil to vary with the relative position. A rectifier circuit extracts an amplitude level of an oscillation output signal of the self-oscillation circuit and outputs the extracted level as detected position data. For example, a plurality of self-oscillation circuits are provided. Alternatively, a single self-oscillation circuit forms a plurality of series circuits by, for each coil pair, connecting in series the two coils of the coil pair, and connecting the series circuits in parallel as an inductor element for self-oscillation.

A method for measuring an angular position of a rotating shaft, the method including providing a magnetic field which rotates with the shaft about an axis of rotation, positioning an integrated circuit having first and second magnetic sensing bridges within the magnetic field at a radially off-center position from the axis of rotation, the first and second magnetic sensing bridges respectively providing first and second signals representative of first and second magnetic field directions, the integrated circuit having a set of adjustment parameters for modifying attributes of the first and second signals, modifying values of the set of adjustment parameters until errors in the first and second signals are substantially minimized, and determining an angular position of the shaft based on the first and second signals.

A stroke sensor is provided with two disk-shaped rotors configured to rotate with a stroke of a measuring object, a rotation detecting unit that detects rotations of the two rotors, respectively, and a stroke position detecting unit that detects the stroke position of the measuring object based on the rotations of the two rotors detected by the rotation detecting unit. At least one of the two rotors is in direct contact with the measuring object. The two rotors are provided side by side in an arrangement direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the measuring object and are provided so as to be adjacent to the measuring object in an arrangement perpendicular direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the arrangement direction. Each of the two rotors is provided in such a manner that its rotation axis direction is inclined with respect to the arrangement direction.