Patent ID: 6163974
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: G01D,H01C

Abstract:
A position sensor, comprising:a housing defining a carriage guide;a carriage movably arranged in the guide in the housing;measurement probe means arranged on the carriage for transmitting a measurement signal as a function of a position of the carriage, the measurement probe means including a measurement probe carrier separated from the carriage guide and movably arranged in the housing, the measurement probe carrier being connected to the carriage and the carriage guide so that a force can only be transmitted to the measurement probe carrier parallel to a movement direction of the carriage;a guide plate arranged on the measurement probe carrier, the guide plate having an elongated hole which runs substantially perpendicularly relative to the movement direction; anda take-along pin connected to the carriage and arranged in the elongated hole, the pin having a diameter that substantially corresponds to a diameter of the elongated hole.