Patents Assigned to TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
  • Patent number: 11901099
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a resistance temperature sensor element includes a substrate and a measuring structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first material and a stabilized second material. The first material is at least one of aluminum oxide, spinel (magnesium aluminate) and yttrium-aluminum-garnet. The stabilized second material is at least one of stabilized zirconium dioxide and stabilized hafnium dioxide. The stabilized second material is stabilized by containing an oxide of an element having a valence different from four. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate deviates by less than 5% from a coefficient of thermal expansion of the measuring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Andreas Roessinger, Horst Sirtl
  • Patent number: 11841818
    Abstract: A bus-compatible sensor element includes a converter generating a digital measurement signal, a first data input receiving an input data, a first data output for outputting an output data, a first clock input receiving a first clock signal, a slave select connection receiving an activation signal, and a 1-bit shift register. The 1-bit shift register includes a shift register data input, a shift register output, and a second clock input. The shift register output is connected to the slave select connection to activate the sensor element in response to the activation signal present at the shift register data input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Axel Bartos
  • Patent number: 11774229
    Abstract: An Eddy current sensor device includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field and two sensing members. A central position sensing member includes a pair of central sense coils each being formed by a plurality of turns, and an edge position sensing member includes a pair of edge sense coils each being formed by a plurality of turns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Reinhold Pieper, Armin Meisenberg
  • Publication number: 20220388903
    Abstract: An assembly includes a metal member containing a glass-forming component and a glass member bonded to the metal member in a glass-to-metal seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Sirtl, Stefan Andreas Roessinger
  • Publication number: 20220359106
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a resistance temperature sensor element includes a substrate and a measuring structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first material and a stabilized second material. The first material is at least one of aluminum oxide, spinel (magnesium aluminate) and yttrium-aluminum-garnet. The stabilized second material is at least one of stabilized zirconium dioxide and stabilized hafnium dioxide. The stabilized second material is stabilized by containing an oxide of an element having a valence different from four. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate deviates by less than 5% from a coefficient of thermal expansion of the measuring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Andreas Roessinger, Horst Sirtl
  • Publication number: 20220282997
    Abstract: An inductive angle sensor includes an exciter coil, an oscillator circuit, a plurality of receiver coils, an evaluation circuit evaluating a plurality of signals induced in the receiver coils, and a coupling element that is movable and influences a strength of an inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils. The coupling element has a first encoder element and a second encoder element. The coupling element has a third encoder element formed as a conducting extension with an asymmetric geometry. The asymmetric geometry influences the strength of the inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils only in a part of a plurality of periodically repeating loop structures of the receiver coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Meisenberg, Reinhold Pieper, Axel Bartos
  • Publication number: 20220170729
    Abstract: An Eddy current sensor device includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field and two sensing members. A central position sensing member includes a pair of central sense coils each being formed by a plurality of turns, and an edge position sensing member includes a pair of edge sense coils each being formed by a plurality of turns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Reinhold Pieper, Armin Meisenberg
  • Patent number: 11280851
    Abstract: An assembly includes a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field. The permanent magnet is arranged on the rotary member and generates a magnetic field perpendicular to an axis of rotation. A first channel has a first magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the first channel providing a first angular data. A second channel has a second magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the second channel providing a second angular data. The second magnetic sensing element is spaced from the first magnetic sensing element. Each of the first magnetic sensing element and the second magnetic sensing element have three voltage dividers. A processor computes a magnetic stray field component orthogonal to the magnetic field by comparing a first field strength based on the first angular data with the second field strength based on the second angular data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg
  • Patent number: 11169000
    Abstract: A multi-turn measurement system includes a plurality of gears, a plurality of pinions engaging the plurality of gears, a plurality of magnets each disposed on one of the plurality of gears, and a plurality of magnetic field sensors. Rotation of the pinions about a center axis drives rotation of the plurality of gears. The magnets each have a magnetic field that changes based on an angular position of the one of the plurality of gears. The magnetic field sensors are each positioned to sense the magnetic field of one of the plurality of magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: MEASUREMENT SPECIALTIES, INC., TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: James Bishop, Armin Meisenberg, Scott Yankie
  • Publication number: 20210102848
    Abstract: A sensor element of a resistance thermometer includes a substrate having a first layer including lanthanum aluminate and an electrically conducting measuring structure directly arranged on the first layer. The measuring structure includes platinum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Andreas Roessinger, Horst Sirtl
  • Publication number: 20210072045
    Abstract: A multi-turn measurement system includes a plurality of gears, a plurality of pinions engaging the plurality of gears, a plurality of magnets each disposed on one of the plurality of gears, and a plurality of magnetic field sensors. Rotation of the pinions about a center axis drives rotation of the plurality of gears. The magnets each have a magnetic field that changes based on an angular position of the one of the plurality of gears. The magnetic field sensors are each positioned to sense the magnetic field of one of the plurality of magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Measurement Specialties, Inc., TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: James Bishop, Armin Meisenberg, Scott Yankie
  • Publication number: 20210048490
    Abstract: An assembly includes a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field. The permanent magnet is arranged on the rotary member and generates a magnetic field perpendicular to an axis of rotation. A first channel has a first magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the first channel providing a first angular data. A second channel has a second magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the second channel providing a second angular data. The second magnetic sensing element is spaced from the first magnetic sensing element. Each of the first magnetic sensing element and the second magnetic sensing element have three voltage dividers. A processor computes a magnetic stray field component orthogonal to the magnetic field by comparing a first field strength based on the first angular data with the second field strength based on the second angular data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg
  • Patent number: 10837838
    Abstract: A substrate for a sensor assembly of a resistance thermometer is disclosed. The substrate is comprised of aluminum oxide and zirconium dioxide and has a thermal coefficient of expansion approximately equal to the terminal coefficient of expansion of platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Zitzmann, Horst Sirtl, Dirk Nusse
  • Patent number: 10842020
    Abstract: A substrate for a sensor assembly of a resistance thermometer is disclosed. The substrate has a plurality of first layers formed of a first material and a plurality of second layers formed of a second material. The first and second layers are disposed over one another such that a thermal coefficient of expansion of the substrate is approximately equal to the thermal coefficient of expansion of platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Zitzmann, Horst Sirtl, Dirk Nusse
  • Patent number: 10837842
    Abstract: A substrate for a sensor assembly of a resistance thermometer is disclosed. The substrate is comprised of spinel and magnesium oxide and has a thermal coefficient of expansion approximately equal to the thermal coefficient of expansion of platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Zitzmann, Horst Sirtl, Dirk Nusse
  • Publication number: 20200327090
    Abstract: A bus-compatible sensor element includes a converter generating a digital measurement signal, a first data input receiving an input data, a first data output for outputting an output data, a first clock input receiving a first clock signal, a slave select connection receiving an activation signal, and a 1-bit shift register. The 1-bit shift register includes a shift register data input, a shift register output, and a second clock input. The shift register output is connected to the slave select connection to activate the sensor element in response to the activation signal present at the shift register data input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Voss, Oliver Borges, Axel Bartos
  • Patent number: 10705160
    Abstract: A method of compensating for an effect of temperature includes providing a set of magnetic sensors arranged along a sensing path. Each magnetic sensor is adapted to sense a magnetic field created by a magnetic actuator which can move along the sensing path and to provide a sensing signal indicative of a position and/or a displacement of the magnetic actuator relative to the sensing path. The method includes selecting one or more magnetic sensors from the set of magnetic sensors for use as temperature sensors, estimating a distribution of temperature over at least a portion of the sensing path based on the sensing signals output by the one or more magnetic sensors selected as temperature sensors, and compensating for the effect of temperature on the sensing signals output by one or more magnetic sensors of the set of magnetic sensors using the distribution of temperature that was estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: MEAS FRANCE, TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Voss, Axel Bartos, Fabien Gayrard, Victor Conde
  • Patent number: 10663352
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a resistance thermometer is disclosed. The sensor assembly comprises a substrate, a measuring structure disposed on the substrate, and a cover layer disposed on the measuring structure. The cover layer has a plurality of first layers formed of a first material and a plurality of second layers formed of a second material. The first and second layers are disposed over one another such that a thermal coefficient of expansion of the cover layer is adapted to a thermal coefficient of expansion of the measuring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Heinrich Zitzmann, Horst Sirtl, Dirk Nusse
  • Patent number: 10656004
    Abstract: A measuring device for measuring a level of a liquid in a container is disclosed. The measuring device comprises a sensor line and a float. The sensor line has a plurality of magnetic-field sensors, at least one of the plurality of magnetic-field sensors uses a magnetoresistive effect or is a Hall effect sensor or a magnetoresistor or an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor. The float is movable along and relative to the sensor line between a first measuring location and a second measuring location. The float has a magnet generating a magnetic field extending substantially parallel to the sensor line at both the first measuring location and the second measuring location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SENSORS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Bartos, Armin Meisenberg, Andreas Voss
  • Patent number: 10571529
    Abstract: An electrical structural member comprises a first package and a second package. The first package has a first connection frame, a chip disposed in the first connection frame, and a first encapsulation material encapsulating the chip and at least portions of the first connection frame. The second package has a second connection frame and a second encapsulation material encapsulating at least portions of the second connection frame. The first encapsulation material is securely connected to the second encapsulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Georg Stute