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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Masayoshi Iwata, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/12 (2006.01); G05G 9/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/14 (2013.01); F16H 59/105 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2003 (2015.01); G01B 7/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A non-contact sensor includes a substrate having a groove, two pattern coils arranged on opposite sides of the groove, a detected object connected to the shift lever and moved in cooperation with the shift lever along the groove, and a signal processing circuit that calculates a movement amount of the shift lever based on an output value provided from the pattern coils.