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Patent No.:

US 10180366 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2016

Torque detection device

Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Miyazaki-shi, Miyazaki, JP;

Inventors:

Toshihiro Yoneda, Miyazaki, JP;

Kenjirou Matsumoto, Miyazaki, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Miyazaki, JP;

Attorneys:

Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.

Joseph P. Carrier

Fulchand P. Shende

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan Dunlap

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/10 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01); G01L 5/16 (2006.01); G01L 1/22 (2006.01); G01L 3/14 (2006.01); G01L 5/20 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/101 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); G01L 3/104 (2013.01); G01L 3/109 (2013.01); G01L 5/221 (2013.01); B62D 5/04 (2013.01); G01L 1/22 (2013.01); G01L 1/2206 (2013.01); G01L 1/2231 (2013.01); G01L 3/108 (2013.01); G01L 3/1457 (2013.01); G01L 5/161 (2013.01); G01L 5/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A torque detection device including a multipolar ring-shaped magnet fixed to a first shaft, a yoke holder configured to be fixed to a second shaft coaxially linked to the first shaft via a torsion bar and have a cylindrical portion surrounding the magnet, a pair of magnetic yokes each having a plurality of claw portions opposing the magnet and are fixed to the yoke holder, and a sensor part that detects a difference in rotational phase between the first shaft and the second shaft, wherein the pair of magnetic yokes are each provided with a plurality of swaging pieces swaged on the cylindrical portion, the swaging piece disposed at a position that overlaps in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion a specific claw portion selected from the plurality of claw portions and being formed so as to have a smaller width than a width of the claw portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Yoneda, Toshihiro. (2019). Torque detection device (U.S. Patent No. 10180366). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10180366

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