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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junji Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeyuki Akita, Okazaki, JP;
Norimichi Kasegawa, Susono, JP;
Akira Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignees:
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 791 ; 7386233 ; 180142 ;
Abstract
A torque sensor generates an electric signal representing a change in the state of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling between first and second rotors coupled together by a torsion spring. The change is caused with relative rotation of the two rotors caused by detected torque in a power assisted steering system of an automotive vehicle.