Patent ID: 8179125

Claim:
A passive magnetic position sensor comprising: a base plate; a cover configured to mate with the base plate to form a housing; a magnet arranged outside the housing and configured to be moved along the outside of the housing; a resistance network arranged within the housing comprising a plurality of individual electrical contacts, the plural individual electrical contacts arranged along a movement range of the magnet; a plurality of contact spring elements arranged along the movement range of the magnet, the plural contact spring elements connected to one another via a common base body at a first end of the contact spring elements, each of the plural contact spring elements further comprise: a bending region; a contact region arranged at a second end of the each of the plural contact spring elements; and a connecting region configured to connect two adjacent contact spring elements in an area between the first end and the second end of the respective two adjacent contact spring elements, wherein the respective contact regions are positioned opposite the individual electrical contacts of the resistance network such that the contact regions are configured to be moved by the magnet against the individual electrical contacts of the resistance network, the contact regions of at least two contact spring elements being assigned to each individual contact of the resistance network.