Patent ID: 6756779
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G01D

Abstract:
An inductive measuring transducer comprising: bodies that are movable relative to one another, one of the bodies being a sensor component including at least one inductive sensor that produces an alternating magnetic field, and another of the bodies being a pickup component including at least one inductive pickup into which the alternating magnetic field of the inductive sensor is injected; an electronic circuit arranged so as to supply the inductive sensor with an alternating current; a circuit operative to evaluate output voltages of the measuring transducer, the pickup component including a closed conductor loop in which the at least one inductive sensor of the sensor component induces a voltage so that a voltage curve independent of a position of the sensor component relative to the pickup component develops over the conductor loop; and resistors having first ends connected along the conductor loop and second ends connected together in groups at connection points so that voltages can be picked off from the connection points of the resistor groups that correspond to functions of the position of the sensor component relative to the pickup component and permit the position to be clearly determined, the position and value of the resistors defining the functions of the position.