A fail operational steering angle sensor for vehicles is provided. The fail operational Steering Angle Sensor comprises one central gear (hub) and two outer gears (Gear 1 and Gear 2) mechanically connected to the hub. The two outer gears have magnetic properties, and they are arranged in the vicinity of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The SAS Fail Operational is connected to a Steering Wheel Actuator shaft that, by means of a mechanical connection with the central gear, the two outer gears and a rotor arranged between the central gear and the PCB, provides angular rotation to the above-mentioned moving parts. The variations of the magnetic field and flux originated in the rotation of the mechanical parts will be determined by the PCB.

A conveyance device includes a slider, a conveyance unit, a magnetic scale for detecting a position of the slider, and a magnetic sensor for detecting magnetism of the magnetic scale. The magnetic scale includes a plurality of tracks arranged in parallel, and magnetization start positions and magnetization end positions of some tracks of the plurality of tracks are shifted to a side opposite to an end portion of the track from magnetization start positions and magnetization end positions of the other tracks.

A sensor arrangement for acquiring a rotational movement of a body that can rotate about a rotational axis has at least three angle sensors and at least one evaluation and control unit. The at least three angle sensors each acquire the mechanical rotational movement of the rotatable body with a predefined transmission ratio and generate a corresponding electrical angle signal and output said angle signal to the at least one evaluation and control unit. The at least three angle sensors have different transmission ratios. The at least one evaluation and control unit are designed to determine a first angle of the rotatable body with a first uniqueness range by way of a first nonius calculation that is based on two electrical angle signals of the at least three electrical angle signals. The first uniqueness range of the determined first angle is greater than uniqueness ranges of the angle signals used for the calculation. The at least one evaluation and control unit is further designed to determine a second angle of the rotatable body with a second uniqueness range by way of a second nonius calculation that is based on the determined first angle and a further electrical angle signal of the at least three electrical angle signals. The second uniqueness range of the determined second angle is greater than the first uniqueness range of the determined first angle and a uniqueness range of the further electrical angle signal. Also disclosed is a method for acquiring a rotational movement of a body that can rotate about a rotational axis which can be carried out using such a sensor arrangement.

Disclosed herein are techniques for detecting runout of a rotating mechanical component. In example, detection of runout of a rotating mechanical component is performed using an angular position signal generated by a magnetic angular position sensor that is arranged for use in determining an angular position of the rotating mechanical component.

A measuring instrument includes a movable portion configured to rotate in an arc motion about a pivot portion, and an electronic position encoder configured to measure an absolute relative position between a detector portion and a scale portion, one of which forms part of the movable portion. In the detector portion, first and second scale element portions of first and second track portions are arc-shaped and parallel to each other. In the scale portion, first signal modulating scale elements are disposed along a first scale element portion according to a first signal modulating element angular spatial step .sub.WSME1 and second signal modulating scale elements are disposed along a second scale element portion according to a second signal modulating element angular spatial step .sub.WSME2 that is different than the first signal modulating element angular spatial step .sub.WSME1.