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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Zaki Ryne, Saginaw, MI (US);
Keith A. Kidder, Saginaw, MI (US);
Tomy Sebastian, Saginaw, MI (US);
Carl D. Tarum, Saginaw, MI (US);
Paul M. Fisher, Saginaw, MI (US);
Christian E. Ross, Feeland, MI (US);
Scott T. Blehm, Saginaw, MI (US);
Zaki Ryne, Saginaw, MI (US);
Keith A. Kidder, Saginaw, MI (US);
Tomy Sebastian, Saginaw, MI (US);
Carl D. Tarum, Saginaw, MI (US);
Paul M. Fisher, Saginaw, MI (US);
Christian E. Ross, Feeland, MI (US);
Scott T. Blehm, Saginaw, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Abstract
A steering system for detecting a hand wheel position is provided and includes an input shaft connected to a hand wheel, a main gear disposed around the input shaft, a puck gear meshingly engaged with the main gear, and a control module. The control module receives an angular main position of the main gear and an angular puck position of the puck gear. The control module includes a rotational calculation module for calculating the hand wheel position based on at least the angular main position and the angular puck position.