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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Uwe Borgmann, Recklinghausen, DE;
Michael Köster, Dortmund, DE;
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co., Ludenscheid, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for detecting the angle position of the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. The aim of the invention is to provide a device of this kind in which the technical problem of determining the absolute angle position of the steering wheel in a measuring range greater than 360° is solved without the need for mechanical reduction gears and such like. This is achieved by means of a measurement system comprising at least one coil system which cooperates with an electrically conductive structure configured on/in a flexible flat cable ( ). The flexible flat cable ( ) is wound in a winding gap situated between the outer lateral surface ( ) of an inner cylindrical rotor ( ) joined to the steering gear shaft and the inner lateral surface ( ) of an outer cylindrical stator ( ) joined to the steering column, in such a way that its one end is fixed to the rotor ( ) and its other to the stator ( ).