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Patent No.:

US 8963543 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2012

Angle sensor for sensing angular position of a rotatable shaft

Applicant:

Leopold Kostal Gmbh and Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;

Inventor:

Knut Moldenhauer, Hagen, DE;

Assignee:

Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG, Luedenscheid, DE;

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jay Patidar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01P 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); F16C 27/04 (2006.01); G01D 5/244 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01); F16H 57/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/0215 (2013.01); F16C 27/04 (2013.01); G01D 5/24442 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); F16H 2057/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

An angle sensor for sensing angular position of a rotatable shaft includes a drive gear, a measuring gear, and a sensor housing. The drive gear is connected to the shaft. The measuring gear is driven by the drive gear. The angular position of the shaft can be determined from an angular position of the measuring gear. The sensor housing has a bearing for the drive gear. The drive gear and the measuring gear are rotationally mounted about respective axes of rotation in the sensor housing with the drive gear being inside the bearing. The drive gear is forcibly pressed into a radial position inside the bearing by at least one spring.

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