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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Nimrod Kapas, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph F. Kucharski, Livonia, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Diana Yanakiev, Birmingham, MI (US);
Mark Richard Dobson, Howell, MI (US);
Yuji Fujii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Designs to package a magneto-elastic torque sensor in an automotive transmission for volume production applications are provided. One transmission includes an output shaft and a magnetic torque sensor. The output shaft has a magnetized region. The sensor, for detecting torque of the output shaft, is mounted on friction reduction members such as bushings supporting the output shaft. In another transmission, the sensor is alternatively mounted to a transmission case.