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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Thaddeus Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michel Farid Sultan, Troy, MI (US);
Andrzej Marian Pawlak, Troy, MI (US);
Thaddeus Schroeder, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michel Farid Sultan, Troy, MI (US);
Andrzej Marian Pawlak, Troy, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive steering system with a torque sensor is disclosed. The steering system comprises a shaft linked to a set of road wheels; a sensor connected to the shaft for sensing torque applied to the shaft and operative to provide as output a signal indicative of said torque; a controller in signal communication with the sensor and operative thereby to accept as input from the sensor the signal indicative of the torque applied to the shaft; and a motor coupled to the shaft and in signal communication with the controller and operative thereby to accept as input from the controller a command to apply torque to the shaft.