US 12,033,026 B2
Devices having a turn counter and associated production methods
Konrad Kapser, Graefelfing (DE); Johannes Huchzermeier, Munich (DE); Mario Motz, Wernberg (AT); Alexander Plautz, Ossich (AT); Simone Reale, Finkenstein (AT); Veikko Summa, Villach (AT); Dhananjayee Vijayakrishna, Steindorf am Ossiachersee (AT); and Hans-Joerg Wagner, Villach (AT)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg (DE)
Filed by Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg (DE)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,596.
Claims priority of application No. 102021112601.0 (DE), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0366209 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06M 1/10 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06M 1/102 (2013.01) [G01D 5/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a magnet;
an angle sensor, wherein the angle sensor is configured to detect a rotation angle of the magnet; and
a rotation counter, wherein the rotation counter is configured to record a quantity of rotations of the magnet,
wherein the rotation counter is connected to a battery and an additional battery, and
wherein the angle sensor and the rotation counter are implemented in physically separate components.