Abstract: An assembly that includes a target component mounted for rotation about an axis, a sensor mounted adjacent the inner member and directed toward the inner member to measure the rotational speed of the target component and an outer component interposed between the sensor and the target component. Low magnetic permeability of the outer component is assured by appropriate selection of the material, maintaining the concentration of martensite in the outer component below a reference concentration as indicated by certain reference indices such as the Instability Function, and/or by maintaining the temperature at which a stamping operation is performed on the inner member above a pre-determined temperature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 15, 2007
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Daniel McCarrick, James Merner, Steven Frait