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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1995
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotation angle detecting device according to the present invention comprises: a sensor having a first yoke made of a magnetic material on which a magnet is mounted, a second yoke made of a magnetic material on which a magnetic flux detector is mounted, which is disposed opposite to the first yoke with a predetermined space, and a housing for supporting the first yoke and the second yoke, and a vane secured on a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a wall portion which passes through space between the first yoke and the second yoke, and a rotation angle of the internal combustion engine is detected in accordance with a signal produced at said magnetic flux detecting device by passage of the wall portion of said vane through said space.