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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd., Zama, JP;
Manabu Ichikura, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Higa, Kanagawa, JP;
TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Zama, JP;
Abstract
A rotation angle detection apparatus capable of reducing the cost and having a small thickness is provided. The rotation angle detection apparatus includes: a housing; a rotating shaft rotatably disposed in the housing; a first internal gear disposed concentrically with the rotating shaft and fixed to the housing; a second internal gear disposed concentrically with the rotating shaft, and rotatably disposed in the housing, the second internal gear having a number of teeth different from a number of teeth of the first internal gear; an external gear rotatably disposed at a position separated from the rotating shaft in rotating body, the external gear meshing with the first internal gear and the second internal gear; and a detection section that detects a rotation angle of the second internal gear.