A position sensor according to a run time principle of a mechanical electrical wave comprising: - a wave conductor - an electrical return conductor (3*) - a detector coil arranged at the wave conductor in the detector portion, and - a position magnet that is moveable along the wave conductor, wherein - the wave conductor is arranged within a hollow return conductor (3*) made form electrically conductive nonmagnetic material in a center portion of the wave conductor arranged between the detector portion and a free end of the wave conductor oriented away from the detector portion, - the detector coil is arranged in the detector portion concentric about the wave conductor characterized in that - a flux conductor element is associated with the detector coil, - a detector sleeve extends in axial direction to the outer circumference of the support tube (3*) and is fixated at the outer circumference electromagnetically tight. - a damping arrangement is arranged at a free end of the wave conductor in a damping portion in that the wave conductor extends into the damping arrangement, - the wave conductor is arranged in a defined position within the a cross section of the hollow return conductor (3*) through a spacer hose made from electrically nonconductive and nonmagnetic material configured as a spacer which is arranged between the wave conductor and the return conductor (3*), - wherein cross sections of the three components are sized relative to one another so that no radial forces against the wave conductor are applied over a major portion of a length of the wave conductor besides at defined axial offsets and locations that provide supports for the wave conductor, - in that the hollow return conductor (3*) is configured as an intrinsically stable tube is reduced in its inner cross section through compression at these locations and so that this also compresses the spacer hose that is being used as a spacer and the spacer hose is pressed against an outer circumference of the wave conductor. - a wave conductor - an electrical return conductor (3*) - a detector coil arranged at the wave conductor in the detector portion, and - a position magnet that is moveable along the wave conductor, wherein - the wave conductor is arranged within a hollow return conductor (3*) made form electrically conductive nonmagnetic material in a center portion of the wave conductor arranged between the detector portion and a free end of the wave conductor oriented away from the detector portion, - the detector coil is arranged in the detector portion concentric about the wave conductor - a flux conductor element is associated with the detector coil, - a detector sleeve extends in axial direction to the outer circumference of the support tube (3*) and is fixated at the outer circumference electromagnetically tight. - a damping arrangement is arranged at a free end of the wave conductor in a damping portion in that the wave conductor extends into the damping arrangement, - the wave conductor is arranged in a defined position within the a cross section of the hollow return conductor (3*) through a spacer hose made from electrically nonconductive and nonmagnetic material configured as a spacer which is arranged between the wave conductor and the return conductor (3*), - wherein cross sections of the three components are sized relative to one another so that no radial forces against the wave conductor are applied over a major portion of a length of the wave conductor besides at defined axial offsets and locations that provide supports for the wave conductor, - in that the hollow return conductor (3*) is configured as an intrinsically stable tube is reduced in its inner cross section through compression at these locations and so that this also compresses the spacer hose that is being used as a spacer and the spacer hose is pressed against an outer circumference of the wave conductor.