1. A sensor for detecting a position of an encoder element, which outputs a physical variable which is dependent on position, said sensor comprising a transducer for converting the physical variable into an electrical encoder signal, a circuit on a wiring carrier for receiving the encoder signal from the transducer and outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the encoder signal, and a protective compound, which at least partially envelops the transducer and the wiring carrier and thus holds the transducer on the wiring carrier.
2. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective compound has a coefficient of expansion which is within the range of a coefficient of expansion of the transducer.
3. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the protective compound comprises a thermosetting plastic material.
4. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit on the wiring carrier comprises a part which is free of the protective compound.
5. The sensor as claimed in claim 4, wherein the circuit in the part which is free from the protective compound is designed to output the measurement signal.
6. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transducer is an electrical transformer, in particular a linear inductive position sensor (LIPS), which is designed to transmit at least one reference signal depending on a position of the encoder element as encoder signal.
7. The sensor as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transformer has two transformer coils, which are wound onto a magnetic core by a coil former, the coefficient of expansion of said magnetic core being in the region of a coefficient of expansion of the coil former.
8. A method for producing a sensor for detecting a position of an encoder element, which outputs a physical variable which is dependent on position, said sensor comprising a transducer for converting the physical variable into an electrical encoder signal, a circuit on a wiring carrier for receiving the encoder signal from the transducer and outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the encoder signal, and a protective compound, which at least partially envelops the transducer and the wiring carrier and thus holds the transducer on the wiring carrier as claimed in, the method comprising:
making contact between the transducer and the circuit on the wiring carrier, and
enveloping the transducer and the wiring carrier at least partially with the protective compound so that the protective compound holds the transducer on the wiring carrier.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein a surface of the wiring carrier andor of the transducer which is to be enveloped by the protective compound is activated prior to the transducer and the wiring carrier being enveloped by the protective compound.
10. A method for producing an electrical transformer, comprising:
arranging electrical connections and a magnetic core for the transformer,
forming a coil former around the magnetic core in such a way that the electrical connections are held by the coil former, and
winding at least one coil wire onto the coil former.
11. The sensor as claimed in claim 2, wherein the protective compound comprises a thermosetting plastic material.
12. The sensor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transducer is an electrical transformer, in particular a linear inductive position sensor (LIPS), which is designed to transmit at least one reference signal depending on a position of the encoder element as encoder signal.
13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the electrical transformer is a linear inductive position sensor (LIPS).
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A prosthetic hip level socket system for a user’s lower torso comprising:
a socket fittable to said user’s lower torso below the right iliac crest and the left iliac crest, having a mounting point for an attachment, a rigid anterior frame, and a rigid posterior frame;
a semi rigid first strap attached to said socket anterior frame and said socket posterior frame wherein said first strap is adapted to fit over the right iliac crest of said user’s lower torso; and
a semi rigid second strap attached to said socket anterior frame and said socket posterior frame wherein said second strap is adapted to fit over the left iliac crest of said user’s lower torso.
2. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 1 wherein said first strap has an adjustable length.
3. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 2 wherein said second strap has an adjustable length.
4. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 3 wherein said socket is made from fiberglass.
5. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 3 wherein said socket is made from carbon fiber.
6. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 1 wherein said attachment is a prosthetic hip joint.
7. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 6 wherein said attachment is a removably attached prosthetic hip joint.
8. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 1 wherein said socket is contoured around the ischialramus complex, the anus area, and the pubisgenetalia area.
9. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 1 wherein said first strap includes convex padding.
10. The prosthetic hip level socket system of claim 9 wherein said second strap includes convex padding.