Patent ID: 7782163
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G01D,H01H

Abstract:
1. A set comprising: a position sensor; and an exciter part, wherein the position sensor includes first, second, and third reed contacts which are each pointed toward the exciter part and arranged substantially in a triangular arrangement, wherein the exciter part includes first, second, and third magnets which are arranged in a triangular arrangement corresponding to the triangular arrangement of the first, second, and third reed contacts, respectively, the first, second, and third magnets having corresponding pole axes which are aligned substantially parallel to one another, wherein pole axes of the first and second magnets are pointed in substantially the same direction and are located at the first distance to one another in order to be able to be aligned flush with the first and second reed contacts, respectively, in an activating position, and wherein the third magnet, which corresponds to the second magnetic field of the exciter part, is polarized in a direction opposite to a polarization of the first and second magnets.