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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2020
Zf Automotive Uk Limited, Solihull, GB;
Russell Wilson-Jones, Stratford-upon-Avon, GB;
ZF AUTOMOTIVE UK LIMITED, West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
An electric power steering system includes: a steering bar, an electric motor, a linear position sensor, and a sensing means. The steering bar is mechanically connected at each opposing end to a respective wheel carrier. The linear position sensor having one elongate feature that extends diagonally along a length of the steering bar such that it is inclined relative to the axis of the steering bar. The sensing means faces the steering bar and at any given time observes only a slice of the elongate feature that extends across the full width of the feature and along only a part of the length of the feature. The sensing means generates a signal that varies depending on the pattern formed by the feature and adjacent portions of the steering bar that is observed by the sensing means.