A combined sensor and bearing assembly (1) of the present invention
includes a rolling bearing unit (22) and a rotation sensor unit (23). The
rolling bearing unit (22) includes a rotatable raceway member (2), a
stationary raceway member (3) mounted around the rotatable raceway member
(2) with an annular bearing space defined between it and the rotatable
raceway member (2), and a circular row of rolling elements (4). The
combined sensor and bearing assembly (1) also includes a to-be-detected
member (7) including a magnet secured to the rotatable raceway member
(2), and a magnetic detector (8) including a magnetic sensor of an analog
output type disposed in face-to-face relation with the to-be-detected
member (7). Only a range in which a magnetic characteristic of the
to-be-detected member (7) relative to the magnetic detector (8) exhibits
linearity is used for detection of rotation angle of the rotatable
raceway member (2).