IP Library Granted Patent US 10,544,730
Granted Patent B2
US 10,544,730 · App. 15/746,402 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Assembly for a controller with a magnetic field sensor

Inventor: Peer Niekamp (Leutenbach, DE)
Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
F02B37/186F02D9/105F02D9/106F02M26/48F02M26/67F16K37/0033G01D11/245G01D5/145Y02T10/144
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Patent No.
US 10,544,730
App. No.
15/746,402
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly for a control device may include a housing part, a shaft rotatably supported on the housing part via a bearing device separate from the housing part, and a magnetic field sensor attached to the housing part, the magnetic field sensor interacting with a magnetic element attached to the shaft for conjoint rotation to determine a rotational angle position of the shaft in relation to the housing part. A bearing element of the bearing device may be received in a housing wall portion of the housing part configured in a complementary manner to the bearing element. On a face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor, a recess may be formed in which the magnetic element may be at least partially received. The housing wall portion may be configured as a web with a ring segment-shaped geometry, which may partially enclose the bearing element externally.

Claims (46)

1. An assembly for a controller, the assembly comprising:

a housing part;

a shaft rotatably supported on the housing part via a bearing device separate from the housing part;

a magnetic field sensor attached to the housing part, the magnetic field sensor interacting with a magnetic element attached to the shaft for conjoint rotation to determine a rotational angle position of the shaft in relation to the housing part;

wherein a bearing element of the bearing device is received in a housing wall portion of the housing part configured in a complementary manner to the bearing element;

wherein on a face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor, a recess is formed in which the magnetic element is at least partially received;

wherein the housing wall portion is configured as a web with a ring segment-shaped geometry, which partially encloses the bearing element externally; and

wherein the bearing element is configured in a pot-like manner, the bearing element encapsulating the magnetic element that is received in the recess.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing device and the magnetic field sensor are attached to the housing part.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an axial end portion of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor is mounted rotatably on the housing part via the bearing device.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic element is arranged on the face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic field sensor is arranged on an inner side on a wall portion of the housing part and at a distance from the magnetic element, such that a virtual extension straight line of the shaft meets the magnetic field sensor.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , the bearing element is configured in a sleeve-like manner, the shaft being insertable through the bearing element.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing element has a pot base arranged axially between the magnetic element and the magnetic field sensor.

8. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the pot base covers the recess with the magnetic element.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing element, in a longitudinal section along a rotation axis of the shaft, has an H-shaped geometry with a first recess and a second recess, which lie opposite one another along an axial direction defined through the rotation axis, wherein the shaft with the magnetic element is rotatably mounted in the first recess, and the magnetic field sensor is arranged in the second recess.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the bearing element rests in a region of the wall portion on the housing part so that the bearing element encloses the magnetic field sensor arranged in the second recess.

11. The assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the magnetic field sensor, with respect to a top view onto the housing part in the axial direction, is not covered by the web with the ring segment-shaped geometry.

12. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an axial end portion of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor is mounted rotatably on the housing part via the bearing device.

13. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic element is arranged on the face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor.

14. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic field sensor is arranged on an inner side on a wall portion of the housing part and at a distance from the magnetic element, such that a virtual extension straight line of the shaft meets the magnetic field sensor.

15. The assembly according to claim 2 , the bearing element is configured in a sleeve-like manner, the shaft being insertable through the bearing element.

16. A controller of a variable turbine geometry or a wastegate device of an exhaust turbocharger for a motor vehicle, the controller comprising at least one assembly having:

a housing part;

a shaft rotatably supported on the housing part via a bearing device separate from the housing part;

a magnetic field sensor attached to the housing part, the magnetic field sensor interacting with a magnetic element attached to the shaft for conjoint rotation to determine a rotational angle position of the shaft in relation to the housing part;

wherein a bearing element is received in a housing wall portion of the housing part configured in a complementary manner to the bearing element;

wherein on a face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor, a recess is formed in which the magnetic element is at least partially received;

wherein the housing wall portion is configured as a web with a ring segment-shaped geometry, which partially encloses the bearing element externally; and

wherein the bearing element, in a longitudinal section along a rotation axis of the shaft, has an H-shaped geometry with a first recess and a second recess, which lie opposite one another along an axial direction defined through the rotation axis, wherein the shaft with the magnetic element is rotatably mounted in the first recess, and the magnetic field sensor is arranged in the second recess.

17. A controller of a valve device of an exhaust recirculation system for a motor vehicle, the controller comprising at least one assembly having:

a housing part;

a shaft rotatably supported on the housing part via a bearing device separate from the housing part;

a magnetic field sensor attached to the housing part, the magnetic field sensor interacting with a magnetic element attached to the shaft for conjoint rotation to determine a rotational angle position of the shaft in relation to the housing part;

wherein a bearing element is received in a housing wall portion of the housing part configured in a complementary manner to the bearing element;

wherein on a face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor, a recess is formed in which the magnetic element is at least partially received;

wherein the housing wall portion is configured as a web with a ring segment-shaped geometry, which partially encloses the bearing element externally; and

wherein the bearing element is configured in a pot-like manner, the bearing element encapsulating the magnetic element that is received in the recess.

18. A controller of a flap valve, the controller comprising at least one assembly having:

a housing part;

a shaft rotatably supported on the housing part via a bearing device separate from the housing part;

a magnetic field sensor attached to the housing part, the magnetic field sensor interacting with a magnetic element attached to the shaft for conjoint rotation to determine a rotational angle position of the shaft in relation to the housing part;

wherein a bearing element is received in a housing wall portion of the housing part configured in a complementary manner to the bearing element;

wherein on a face side of the shaft facing the magnetic field sensor, a recess is formed in which the magnetic element is at least partially received;

wherein the housing wall portion is configured as a web with a ring segment-shaped geometry, which partially encloses the bearing element externally; and

wherein the bearing element is configured in a pot-like manner, the bearing element encapsulating the magnetic element that is received in the recess.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2018
From: NIEKAMP, PEER
To: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 046337/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 213 828 · Jul 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180202350A1 · Jul 19, 2018