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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Yasuo Shimizu, Saitama, JP;
Shunichiro Sueyoshi, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuo Shimizu, Saitama, JP;
Shunichiro Sueyoshi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetostrictive torque sensor having a first magnetostrictive film and a second magnetostrictive film, which are both provided on a shaft and have different magnetic anisotropies. A first detection coil and a second detection coil are arranged to face the first magnetostrictive film, and a third detection coil and a fourth detection coil are arranged to face the second magnetostrictive film. The first and second detection coils are wound around the same coil bobbin, while the third and fourth detection coils are wound around another common coil bobbin.