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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Ingo Becker, Linnich, DE;
Bernd Krueger, Willich, DE;
Inventors:
Ingo Becker, Linnich, DE;
Bernd Krueger, Willich, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive GmbH, Alfdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); B62D 15/0215 (2013.01); G01B 7/30 (2013.01); G01L 5/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor assembly for motor vehicle steering systems, having a torque sensor for magnetically determining a steering torque, and a rotational angle sensor for magnetically determining an absolute steering angle, precisely one carrier member being provided which has a magnetic coding for determining the steering torque and the absolute steering angle and which is shared by the torque sensor and the rotational angle sensor.