JP2006126113A - Rotation sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotation sensor superior in sensing precision by easily performing attaching working to an attaching counter side. <P>SOLUTION: The rotation sensor includes a rotor 10 attached to a rotating shaft part and having a conductive sensing part in which a width changes along a circumferential direction, an excitation coil for forming a magnetic circuit between the rotor and the sensing part of the rotor by making alternating excitation current to flow and a core body molded of a magnetic material and for holding the excitation coil. The rotation sensor comprises a plurality of fixing cores 31, 32, 41 and 42 arranged oppositely in spacing in an axis line direction of the shaft to the sensing part of the rotor by being attached to the stator and a case 20 having an attaching engaging part attached to an attached member of the attaching counter side by storing the rotor, the stator and the fixing core. The rotation sensor symmetically arranges the fixing cores concerning a connection line connecting the center axis of the rotating shaft and the attaching engagement part 25 of the case. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotation sensor that is attached to a rotating body and used to detect the rotation angle of the rotating body.

  For example, a so-called rotation sensor is used to detect a rotation angle of a handle attached to a rotating shaft such as a steering shaft of an automobile and integrated with the shaft.

  As an example of such a rotation sensor, there is one in which a fixed core is disposed opposite to a rotor at a predetermined interval. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 of Patent Document 1, such a rotation sensor includes a rotor attached to a rotating shaft, a core body made of an insulating magnetic material, and at least one exciting coil housed in the core body. And a rotation angle detector. The exciting coil is composed of, for example, four exciting coils, and is arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the rotor.

  On the other hand, as another example of such a rotation sensor, as shown in FIG. 4, two fixed cores 41 ′ and 42 ′ (31 ′ and 32 ′) are arranged inside the sensor at a rotation angle of 90 degrees, for example. May be. By arranging the fixed cores 41 ′ and 42 ′ (31 ′ and 32 ′) in this way, the area of the circuit board 95 ′ accommodated in the rotation sensor 1 ′ is as large as possible. .

  More specifically, the fixed cores 31 ′, 41 ′ and the fixed cores 32 ′, 42 ′ are attached to a fixed member 90 ′ located near the shaft via coil core holders 92 ′, 93 ′, respectively. Is housed together with the rotor 10 ′ in a case 20 ′ made of a metal having a shielding property or an insulating magnetic material.

The rotor 10 'includes a rotor mounting portion 11' made of an insulating magnetic material and a sensing portion 12 'that is connected to the rotor mounting portion 11' via a stay and has a width that continuously changes in the circumferential direction. The sensing part 12 ′ is made of a conductive metal having a narrow part with the smallest width and a wide part with the largest width on the opposite side of the narrow part in the radial direction, and the rotation of the rotor 10 ′. The sensing portion 12 ′ is formed so that the radial width thereof changes in accordance with the angle, and an eddy current having a magnitude corresponding to the width accompanying the rotation is induced by the AC magnetic field. Then, using the rotation sensor 1 ′ having such a configuration, the rotation angle of the rotor 10 ′ is detected from 0 ° to 360 ° using the impedance fluctuation of the exciting coil accompanying the generation of the eddy current. Yes.
JP 2003-202240 A (page 4-5, FIG. 1)

  The conventional rotation sensor 1 ′ is configured as described above, and is attached to the steering shaft S of the vehicle via the sensor attachment member 100. 5 is a plan view of a conventional rotation sensor 1 'according to FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the conventional rotation sensor 1'. As can be seen from FIGS. 5 and 6, the case 20 ′ includes an upper case 21 ′ and a lower case 22 ′. It is designed to fit in. Further, the lower case 22 'is formed with an engaging convex portion 25'. As shown in FIG. 5, the engaging convex portion 25 ′ for attaching the rotation sensor 1 ′ to the sensor attachment member 100 is a predetermined position in the circumferential direction of the rotation sensor 1 ′ and is slightly on the right side in the drawing when viewed in the longitudinal direction. It is biased and formed. The engagement convex portion 25 ′ is engaged with the engagement notch 105 of the sensor attachment member 100, so that the rotation sensor 1 ′ is attached to the sensor attachment member 100. The lower case 22 'is provided with a connector portion 26' for electrically connecting the detection circuit of the rotation sensor 1 'and an external wire harness.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the sensor mounting member 100 has a shaft insertion hole 101 through which the steering shaft S is inserted at the center portion, and a contact portion 102 that contacts the case 20 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ around the shaft insertion hole 101. The sensor holding rib 103 is formed on the outer periphery of the contact portion 102. In addition, an engagement notch 105 is formed in a part of the contact portion 102 and the sensor holding rib 103 so as to engage with an engagement convex portion 25 ′ provided in the rotation sensor 1 ′. Further, the sensor mounting member 100 is provided with a bracket (not shown) for fixing the sensor mounting member 100 to the vehicle.

  The case of the rotation sensor 1 ′ passes through the steering shaft S in the central portion of the rotation sensor 1 ′ and engages the engagement protrusion 25 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ with the engagement notch 105 of the sensor mounting member 100. The rotation sensor 1 ′ is attached to the sensor attachment member 100 by fitting the outer periphery to the holding rib 103 of the sensor attachment member 100.

  When mounting the rotation sensor 1 ′ to the sensor mounting member 100, in order to improve the detection characteristics of the rotation sensor 1, no play occurs in the circumferential direction of the rotation sensor 1 ′ when the sensor is mounted. At the same time, in order to facilitate attachment of the rotation sensor 1 ′ to the sensor attachment member 100, the engagement protrusion 25 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ and the engagement protrusion 25 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ are generated in a radial direction of the rotation sensor 1 ′ in the sensor attachment state. An engagement notch 105 of the sensor mounting member 100 is formed.

  Accordingly, the rotor 10 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ is rotatably fixed together with the steering shaft S, and the case 20 ′ and the fixed cores 31 ′, 32 ′, 41 ′, and 42 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ are fixed to some extent in the sensor radial direction. It is attached to the sensor attachment member 100 while having a backlash.

  As described above, the engagement convex portion 25 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ is formed at the position shown in FIG. 5 because it is attached to the engagement notch portion 105 formed on the sensor attachment member 100 and other dimensions. Due to various constraints.

  Further, the fixed cores 31 ′, 32 ′, 41 ′, and 42 ′ provided in the rotation sensor 1 ′ are as shown in FIG. 4 in order to make the area of the circuit board 95 ′ in the rotation sensor as large as possible. They are disposed at various positions at a rotation angle of 90 degrees.

  When the engagement convex portion 25 ′ of the rotation sensor 1 ′ and the fixed cores 31 ′ and 41 ′ (coil A) and the fixed cores 32 ′ and 42 ′ (coil B) are in such a positional relationship, FIG. The right fixed cores 32 ′ and 42 ′ are located in the vicinity of the engaging convex portion 25 ′ with the rotation sensor 1 ′, while the left fixed cores 31 ′ and 41 ′ are the engaging convex portions of the rotation sensor 1 ′. Located far away from 25 '.

  Here, the angle formed by the connecting portion of the steering shaft S and the fixed cores 31 ′, 32 ′, 41 ′, 42 ′ with respect to the connecting line (mounting reference line) between the central axis of the steering shaft S and the engaging convex portion 25 ′ is defined. FIG. 8 shows a characteristic with the horizontal axis representing the influence of the circumferential displacement of the rotation sensor 1 ′ caused by the displacement of the engaging convex portion 25 ′ in the sensor radial direction.

  As can be seen from FIG. 8, the fixed core 31′41 ′ (corresponding to the coil A in FIG. 8) on the left side in FIG. 4 is circumferential with respect to the connecting line connecting the axis of the steering shaft S and the engaging projection 25 ′. Since there is a considerable shift, it can be seen that the shift in the radial direction of the rotation sensor 1 'significantly affects the shift in the circumferential direction of the rotation sensor 1'. If such an influence is large even in one fixed core, the detection characteristics of the entire rotation sensor are adversely affected.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a rotation sensor that can be easily attached to the attachment counterpart and has excellent detection accuracy.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a rotation sensor according to the present invention is attached to a rotating shaft portion, and has a rotor having a conductive sensing portion whose width changes along the circumferential direction, and an AC excitation current is passed. An excitation coil that forms a magnetic circuit with the sensing portion of the rotor, and a core body that is molded from a magnetic material and that holds the excitation coil. Rotation provided with a plurality of fixed cores opposed to each other at intervals in the axial direction, and a case having a rotor, a stator, and a mounting engagement portion that accommodates the fixed core and is attached to a sensor mounting member on the other side of the mounting The sensor is characterized in that the fixed core is arranged symmetrically with respect to a connecting line connecting the central axis of the rotating shaft portion and the mounting member of the case.

  By disposing the plurality of fixed cores in this way, it is possible to reduce the deviation of the rotational sensor circumferential direction component due to the play in the sensor radial direction accompanying the attachment of the rotational sensor. As a result, the backlash in the radial direction of the rotation sensor and the sensor mounting member to which the rotation sensor is mounted can be tolerated to some extent, making it easy to mount the rotation sensor on the sensor mounting member and minimizing the influence on the angle detection due to backlash due to mounting. Can be suppressed.

  The rotation sensor according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the rotation sensor according to claim 1, the fixed core includes two fixed cores and is arranged at a central angle of 90 degrees.

  By constituting the fixed core of the rotation sensor from only two in this way, the cost of the rotation sensor can be reduced.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the rotation sensor according to the first or second aspect, wherein the fixed core is composed of two sets of fixed cores arranged opposite to each other with the sensing portion interposed therebetween. It is characterized by.

  Even when the shaft part to which the rotation sensor is attached vibrates, the fixed cores are arranged opposite to each other with the sensing part interposed therebetween, so that the impedances of the respective fixed cores arranged oppositely cancel each other. The adverse effect due to can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, a rotation sensor that is easy to assemble and has high detection accuracy can be provided at a low price.

  Hereinafter, a rotation sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this description, a case will be described in which the rotation sensor is attached to a steering shaft (hereinafter referred to as “shaft”) of a vehicle steering device to detect the rotation angle of the steering wheel.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the rotation sensor 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a rotor 10 attached to a rotating shaft S, a core body made of an insulating magnetic material, and at least housed in the core body. Fixed cores 31, 32 (41, 42) having one exciting coil, a holding member (stator) 90 that holds the fixed cores 31, 32 (41, 42), and a circuit board provided in a part of the holding member 90 95 and a case 20 for housing them. The rotation sensor 1 is fitted to the vehicle by fitting the rotor 10 to the shaft S and attaching the case 20 to the sensor attachment member 100 shown in FIG.

  The holding member 90 provided with the fixed cores 31 and 32 (41, 42), the circuit board 95 provided with the rotation angle detection unit 95a, and the rotor 10 are made of a metal or an insulating magnetic material having an AC magnetic field shielding property. It is accommodated in the case 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the case 20 includes an upper case 21 and a lower case 22 and is attached to the vehicle via a rotation sensor attachment member 100 located near the shaft S, a bracket (not shown), and the like. Further, the outer peripheral portion of the lower case 22 is fitted into a mounting rib 103 of the sensor mounting member 100 described later, and an engaging convex portion (mounting engaging portion) formed on the lower case 22 as shown in FIGS. ) 25 engages with the engagement notch 105 of the sensor mounting member 100, so that the rotation sensor 1 can be mounted on the sensor mounting member 100. The engagement convex portion 25 for attaching the rotation sensor 1 to the sensor attachment member 100 is a predetermined position in the sensor circumferential direction of the lower case 22 as shown in FIG. A protrusion is formed at a position biased to the right.

  Further, the lower case 22 is formed with a protruding connector portion 26 that electrically connects the rotation angle detection portion 95a of the rotation sensor 1 and an external wire harness (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the holding member 90 is made of, for example, synthetic resin (for example, FRP (fibers) obtained by impregnating glass fibers such as polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), nylon, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), ABS resin with epoxy resin. A base plate 91 attached to the lower case 22, and a coil core holder provided in the base portion 91. 92, 93.

  The coil core holder 92 has the fixed cores 31 and 41 opposed to each other, and the coil core holder 93 has the fixed cores 32 and 42 opposed to each other. That is, one coil core holder 92 of the holding member 90 is provided with the fixed cores 31 and 41 facing each other while maintaining the concentricity as shown in FIG. The fixed cores 32 and 42 are opposed to the holder 93 while maintaining concentricity. As a result, the fixed core 31 (32) on one side is disposed opposite to the fixed core 41 (42) on the other side with a predetermined gap G (see FIG. 2) across the sensing unit 12. That is, the fixed core 31 and the fixed core 41 are arranged to face each other while maintaining the concentricity with the sensing portion 12 of the rotor 10 interposed therebetween, and the fixed core 32 and the fixed core 42 are also concentric with the sensing portion 12 of the rotor 10 interposed therebetween. Are arranged opposite to each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the holding member 90 is configured such that the coil core holders 92 and 93 form a central angle of 90 degrees with respect to the axis of the shaft S, and the central axis of the shaft S (shaft portion) and the case One fixed core 31 (41) is arranged at a position symmetrical to the other fixed core 32 (42) with respect to a connecting line (attachment reference line) connecting the engaging convex portions 25.

  On the other hand, a circuit board 95 is provided on a part of the holding member 90, and a rotation angle detection unit 95 a is mounted on the circuit board 95. The rotation angle detection unit 95a is connected to a power harness and a signal transmission wire harness via a plurality of electric wires (not shown) extending from the case 20 to the outside, and is provided outside the case 20 Connected to the device.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed cores 31 and 32 on one side are made of an insulating magnetic material (for example, Ni—Zn-based, Mn—Zn-based, Mg—Zn-based ferrite, nylon, polypropylene (PP), A ring-shaped air gap made of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), a mixture of thermoplastic synthetic resins having electrical insulation properties such as ABS resin, or ceramics, etc., formed in a cylindrical shape and containing an exciting coil on the upper surface side Core body 31a, 32a having a portion and exciting coils 31b, 32b accommodated in the core body 31a, 32a. Similarly, the other fixed cores 41 and 42 have core bodies 41a and 42a made of an insulating magnetic material and exciting coils 41b and 42b accommodated in the core bodies 41a and 42a. The exciting coils 31b and 32b and the exciting coils 41b and 42b are respectively connected in series, and are electrically connected to the rotation angle detection unit 95a of the holding member 90, and an alternating magnetic field is passed around the coil by flowing an alternating exciting current. And a magnetic circuit is formed between the pair of fixed cores.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the rotor 10 includes a rotor mounting portion 11 made of an insulating magnetic material, and a sensing portion 12 that is connected to the rotor mounting portion 11 via the stays 12a and 12b and whose width continuously changes in the circumferential direction. It consists of. The sensing unit 12 is made of a conductive metal such as aluminum, copper, silver, or brass. Further, as shown in the figure, the sensing unit 12 includes a narrow portion having a minimum width, and a wide portion having a maximum width on the opposite side to the narrow portion in the radial direction. Then, a vortex having a size based on the area of the region corresponding to each coil of the sensing width is formed by an alternating magnetic field which will be described later with the rotation of the rotor, according to the rotation angle of the rotor 10. An electric current is induced.

  That is, when an alternating current is passed through each of the exciting coils 31b, 32b, 41b, and 42b, the exciting coils 31b, 32b, 41b, and 42b form an alternating magnetic field around them, and the opposing core body 31a and core body 41a are The magnetic circuit is formed by cooperation, and similarly, the core body 32a and the core body 42a facing each other also form the magnetic circuit. At this time, when the magnetic flux crosses the sensing unit 12, an eddy current is induced on the surface of the sensing unit 12, and the impedances of the exciting coils 31b, 32b, 41b, and 42b are changed. The amount of variation in impedance varies in accordance with the amount of eddy current induced on the surface of the sensing unit 12. The amount of eddy current induced on the surface of the sensing unit 12 is the area of the sensing unit 12 corresponding to the fixed cores 31, 32, 41, 42 (the fixed core of the sensing unit viewed from the direction orthogonal to the sensing surface of the sensing unit 12. , That is, “the projected area of the sensing unit onto the fixed core”). Therefore, when the rotor 10 rotates, the width of the sensing unit 12 corresponding to each fixed core 31, 32, 41, 42 varies in proportion to the rotation angle of the rotor 10, and accordingly, each excitation coil 31b, 32b, 41b. , 42b also varies. At this time, output signals from the respective excitation coils 31b, 32b, 41b, and 42b can be detected by a rotation angle detector 95a described later, converted into an angle signal of the rotor 10, and the rotation angle of the rotor 10 can be detected. .

  Although the rotation angle detector 95a is not shown here, a phase shift unit, a phase shift amount detector, and a converter are connected between the frequency divider and the measurement unit.

  The converter is connected to the A / D converter via a differential amplifier and is also connected to the shift level adjustment unit. Specifically, the coil impedance change includes a frequency dividing circuit that outputs an oscillation signal of a specific frequency, and a phase that shifts the phase of the oscillation signal input from the frequency dividing circuit according to the magnitude of the eddy current generated in the sensing unit. A shift unit, a phase shift amount detection unit for detecting a phase shift amount, a converter for converting the detected phase shift amount into a corresponding voltage value, an amplifier circuit for amplifying a voltage corresponding to the phase shift amount output from the converter, And it is converted into an angle and detected via a measurement unit that measures the rotation angle from the amplified voltage.

  The rotation sensor 1 having the above configuration uses the impedance fluctuation of the excitation coils 31b and 32b (41b and 42b) due to the rotation of the shaft S to perform signal processing on the output by the rotation angle detection unit 95a, so that the rotor 0 ° The detection is made over the entire rotation angle of ~ 360 °.

  On the other hand, the sensor mounting member 100 to which the rotation sensor 1 is mounted has the same configuration as the sensor mounting member 100 described in the related art. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the sensor mounting member 100 has a shaft insertion hole 101 through which the shaft S is inserted in the center portion, and a contact portion 102 that contacts the lower case 22 of the rotation sensor 1 around the shaft insertion hole 101. A rotation sensor holding rib 103 is formed on the outer periphery of the contact portion 102. Further, an engagement notch (engagement recess) 105 is formed in a part of the contact portion 102 and the holding rib 103 so as to engage with the engagement projection 25 provided in the rotation sensor 1. . The sensor mounting member 100 is provided with a bracket (not shown) for fixing the sensor mounting member 100 to the vehicle, and the sensor mounting member 100 is previously mounted on the vehicle.

  The outer periphery of the case of the rotation sensor 1 is passed through the shaft S through the center portion of the rotation sensor 1 and the engagement protrusion 25 of the rotation sensor 1 is engaged with the engagement notch 105 of the sensor attachment member 100. The rotation sensor 1 is attached to the sensor attachment member 100 by being fitted into the holding rib 103 of 100.

  When mounting the rotation sensor 1 to the sensor mounting member 100, in order to improve the detection characteristics of the rotation sensor 1, no play occurs in the circumferential direction of the rotation sensor 1 with both mounted. In addition, in order to facilitate attachment of the rotation sensor 1 to the sensor attachment member 100, the engagement convex portion 25 of the rotation sensor 1 and the engagement protrusion 25 of the rotation sensor 1 are arranged so that a certain amount of backlash occurs in the radial direction of the rotation sensor 1 when both are attached. An engagement notch 105 of the sensor mounting member 100 is formed.

  As a result, the sensing unit 12 on the rotor side of the rotation sensor 1 is rotatably fixed together with the shaft S, and the fixed cores 31, 32, 41, and 42 on the stator side of the rotation sensor 1 are constrained in the sensor circumferential direction. At the same time, the sensor is mounted on the sensor mounting member 100 with a certain amount of play in the sensor radial direction.

  As described above, the fixed cores 31 and 32 form a central angle of 90 ° with respect to the axis of the shaft S and are symmetrical with respect to the connecting line connecting the central axis of the shaft S and the engaging convex portion 25 of the case 20. It arrange | positions at the lower case side of the holding member 90 so that it may become. On the other hand, the fixed cores 41 and 42 are also held at a central angle of 90 ° with respect to the axis of the shaft S and symmetrical with respect to a connecting line connecting the central axis of the shaft S and the engaging convex portion 25 of the case 20. The member 90 is disposed on the upper case side.

  Next, the operation of the rotation sensor having such a configuration will be described. As described above, the engagement convex portion 25 of the case 20 and the engagement notch portion 105 of the sensor mounting member 100 are dimensioned so that the play is extremely small in the sensor rotation direction (θ direction). In the direction perpendicular to the sensor rotation direction (r direction), there is a certain gap in order to facilitate the mounting of the rotation sensor 1. The rotation sensor 1 is fixed so as not to rotate in the sensor circumferential direction by engaging the engagement convex portion 25 with the engagement cutout portion 105 on the attachment side. Thus, since the rotor 10 of the rotation sensor 1 is attached to the shaft S, the sensing unit 12 of the rotation sensor 1 is restrained by the shaft S in the sensor radial direction.

  On the other hand, the coil core holders 92, 93 and the fixed cores 31, 32, 41, 42 provided on the coil core holders 92, 93 are not fixed to the shaft S, and the engagement between the engagement convex portion 25 of the rotation sensor 1 and the sensor mounting member 100. The joint notch 105 is shifted in the sensor radial direction within a predetermined play range.

  However, the fixed cores 31, 32, 41, 42 have a rotation angle of 45 degrees with respect to the connecting line (mounting reference line) so that the fixed cores 31, 32, 41, 42 are symmetrical with respect to the connecting line (mounting reference line) described above. The rotation sensor 1 is fixed to the case 20. By arranging in this way, as can be seen from the characteristic diagram shown in FIG. 8, the ratio of the rotational sensor circumferential component due to the play in the radial direction of the rotational sensor of each fixed core is only about 71%, which is only slightly. It turns out that it does not fall.

  That is, due to the backlash in the radial direction of the rotation sensor, the degree of influence in the circumferential direction of one fixed core does not protrude and become large unlike conventional rotation sensors. As a result, the rotation sensor 1 is attached to the sensor attachment member 100 and the rotation sensor 1 is displaced in the radial direction with respect to the sensor attachment member 100. However, even if the rotation sensor 1 is displaced in the radial direction, the detection accuracy of the rotation angle is not greatly reduced. Therefore, it is possible to secure a certain amount of backlash necessary for mounting the rotation sensor 1 in the radial direction, thereby improving the rotation sensor mounting workability and maintaining high detection accuracy.

  In the above-described embodiment, the fixed core 31 (41) and the fixed core 32 (42) are disposed at only two positions in the sensor circumferential direction at a rotation angle of 90 degrees. By configuring the fixed cores 31 (41) and 32 (42) of the rotation sensor 1 in such a manner that only two locations are arranged in the sensor circumferential direction, the cost of the rotation sensor 1 can be reduced.

  In addition, since the fixed cores 31 and 41 (32 and 42) are composed of two sets of fixed cores that are opposed to each other with the sensing portion interposed therebetween, the shaft (shaft portion) S to which the rotation sensor 1 is attached vibrates. Even if it exists, the impedance of each fixed core of each opposing arrangement is canceled, and the bad influence by vibration can be reduced.

  For example, when the number of fixed cores is an odd number, other fixed cores may be arranged symmetrically with respect to the axis except for the fixed cores arranged on the axis.

  In the above-described embodiment, the engagement convex portion 25 is provided on the case side of the rotation sensor 1, and the engagement notch portion (recess portion) 105 is provided on the sensor mounting member 100. The case of the sensor 1 may be provided with an engagement notch (recess), and the sensor mounting member may be provided with an engagement protrusion.

  The rotation sensor according to the present invention is particularly suitable for detecting the rotation angle of a vehicle steering apparatus that requires ease of installation work, requires high detection accuracy, and is quite susceptible to vibration. However, the rotation sensor according to the present invention can be applied to any sensor as long as it obtains the relative rotation angle and rotation torque between rotating shafts that rotate while vibrating, such as a robot arm.

It is the top view which showed the internal structure of the rotation sensor concerning one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing only a coil holder, a fixed core, and a circuit board of the rotation sensor shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III showing the rotation sensor shown in FIG. 1 mounted on a shaft. It is the top view which showed the internal structure of the conventional rotation sensor. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 and the conventional rotation sensor shown in FIG. 4. It is a side view of the rotation sensor shown in FIG. It is a top view of the attachment member to which the rotation sensor concerning this embodiment and the conventional rotation sensor are attached. It is the figure which showed the ratio of the rotation direction component resulting from the shift | offset | difference of the radial direction with respect to the attachment reference line of a rotation sensor, and this.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1 'Rotation sensor 10, 10' Rotor 12, 12 'Sensing part 12a, 12b Stay 20, 20' Case 21 Upper case 22 Lower case 25, 25 'Engaging convex part 26 Connector part 31, 31', 32, 32 'Fixed core 31a, 32a Core body 31b, 32b Excitation coil 41, 41', 42, 42 'Fixed core 41a, 42a Core body 41b, 42b Excitation coil 90, 90' Holding member 91, 91 'Base part 92, 92 ', 93, 93' Coil core holder 95 Circuit board 95a Rotation angle detection part 100 Sensor mounting member 101 Shaft insertion hole 102 Contact part 103 Sensor holding rib 105 Engagement notch part S shaft

Claims (3)

A rotor attached to a rotating shaft and having a conductive sensing portion whose width varies along the circumferential direction;
An excitation coil that forms a magnetic circuit with the sensing portion of the rotor by passing an AC excitation current, and a core body that is molded from a magnetic material and holds the excitation coil, and is attached to a stator to A plurality of fixed cores arranged opposite to each other in the axial direction of the shaft with respect to the sensing part of the rotor;
A rotation sensor comprising a case that houses the rotor, the stator, and the fixed core and has a mounting engagement portion that is mounted on a mounting member on a mounting partner side.
A rotation sensor, wherein the fixed core is arranged symmetrically with respect to a connecting line connecting a central axis of a rotating shaft portion and a mounting engagement portion of the case.   The rotation sensor according to claim 1, wherein the fixed core includes two fixed cores and is disposed on the stator at a central angle of 90 degrees.   The rotation sensor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the fixed cores includes two sets of fixed cores arranged to face each other with a sensing unit interposed therebetween.

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