A reset device for a gearshift lever for a gear step of a transmission in a motor vehicle comprises an electric drive device for controlling an operating element, in order to move the gearshift lever into a predetermined position, a position sensor for determining a position of the operating element, and an electric activation device for activating the drive device, depending on the position of the operating element. The position sensor comprises a first coil thereby, which is attached to the activation device, and a magnetic flux element is mechanically coupled to the operating element. The drive device is disposed in relation to the activation device, such that the flux element influences the inductivity of the first coil, depending on a position of the operating element.

An inductor sensor assembly for determining to position of object includes a layer of ferrite overlaying exciting and receiving coils formed on a substrate. A magnet attached to the target produces a virtual coupler in an area of ferrite overlaying the coils. An application for a shock absorber includes a sensor module mounted in a recess in a dust cover and a magnet mounted to a cylinder tube of the shock absorber.

An inductor sensor assembly for determining to position of object includes a layer of ferrite overlaying exciting and receiving coils formed on a substrate. A magnet attached to the target produces a virtual coupler in an area of ferrite overlaying the coils. An application for a shock absorber includes a sensor module mounted in a recess in a dust cover and a magnet mounted to a cylinder tube of the shock absorber.

The invention relates to a sensor element for an inductive sensor used for a displacement or distance measurement by means of a magnetic field that varies according to the distance from the measurement object but that remains temporally constant. In said sensor, thin ferromagnetic material is integrated into a substrate. The invention also relates to a sensor comprising said sensor element and to a method for producing the sensor element.