Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Position sensor and variable capacitor assembly thereof
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Application No.: US15084227Application Date: 2016-03-29
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Publication No.: US09726471B1Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Tzu-Hsuan Huang , Wei-Liang Liu , Chao-Jen Ho , Chien-Chih Ho
- Applicant: TAIWAN ALPHA ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Taoyuan
- Assignee: Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Alpha Electronic Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taoyuan
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: TW105103757A 20160204
- Main IPC: G01B7/14
- IPC: G01B7/14

Abstract:
A position sensor includes a variable capacitor assembly and a circuit board. The variable capacitor assembly includes a baseboard and a dielectric coupling element. The baseboard includes a baseboard body, a grounding electrode and two power electrodes. The grounding electrode is disposed nearby one side of the baseboard body. The two power electrodes are disposed separately near the other side of the baseboard body. The dielectric coupling element is spaced with the two power electrodes and the grounding electrode, and operable to be moved along a moving path. A covering condition is varied when the dielectric coupling element is operated to move along the moving path. When a power is alternatively applied to the power electrodes, a pair of capacitance values between the grounding electrode and the power electrodes is varied with the covering condition to accordingly determine a relative position of the coupling element along the moving path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170227349A1 POSITION SENSOR AND VARIABLE CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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