Patent ID: 8427136

Claim:
A magnetic displacement sensor comprising: a first magnet and a second magnet for generating a magnetic field, wherein the magnets are arranged in a state of rest substantially centrally along an x-axis, and the magnets are arranged in the state of rest substantially symmetrically to a y-axis; and a magnetic flux density sensor, wherein the magnetic flux density sensor and the magnets are displaceable relative to each other in the direction of the x-axis, and the magnetic flux density sensor is configured for measuring a z-component (B Z ) running in the direction of a z-axis of the flux density of the magnetic field, wherein the magnets are configured in the direction of the x-axis in such a manner that the z-component (B z ) comprises an substantially linear characteristic curve in the region of a travel (ΔX), and/or the magnets are formed in the direction of the y-axis in such a manner that the z-component (B z ) is substantially constant in the region of a transverse offset (ΔY).