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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshito Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Yasuo Shimizu, Wako, JP;
Shunichiro Sueyoshi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetostriction-type torque sensorincludes a shaftformed of a magnetic material and provided with at least magnetostrictive filmsandexciting coils' and′ for exciting the magnetostrictive filmsandprovided on the shaftdetection coilsandfor detecting a change in a magnetic field; and yoke portionsrespectively provided around outer peripheries of the exciting coils′ and′ and the detection coilsandwherein a magnetic shield sectionformed of a magnetic material is provided around the outer peripheries of the yoke portions