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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2004
Stephen J. Horner, Fenton, MI (US);
Kevin P. Jokipii, Center Line, MI (US);
John A. Barrs, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David L. Becker, White Lake, MI (US);
Jonathan R. Penvose, Davisburg, MI (US);
Stephen J. Horner, Fenton, MI (US);
Kevin P. Jokipii, Center Line, MI (US);
John A. Barrs, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David L. Becker, White Lake, MI (US);
Jonathan R. Penvose, Davisburg, MI (US);
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A code wheel () is rotatable with a vehicle steering wheel (). A magnet () mounted on a rotatable driven component () indicates the number of revolutions of the code wheel (). A sensing device () is provided to sense a flux field provided by the magnet (). The magnetic flux field varies relative to the sensing device () as the driven component () is rotated by the code wheel ().