The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.

Yasuharu Kakimoto

Hirofumi Utsunomiya

Shuuji Hirai

A steering angle sensor () includes: a sensor housing () that is fixable to a stator (); idler gears () configured to be meshed with a drive gear () and rotated by the drive gear (); a rotatable member () configured to be engaged with a sleeve () and rotated integrally with the sleeve (); a detector () configured to detect rotation of the rotatable member (); and a holder () configured to hold the detector (). The sensor housing () is opened at its stator () side. A second storage space () is formed that is enclosed by the sensor housing () and the stator (). The rotatable member () is stored in the second storage space (). The holder () is able to hold the detector () even in the state where the second storage space () is not closed by the stator ().

Rotary connector with a steering angle sensor

An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.

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Shiga, Japan

Yasuharu Kakimoto