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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Ksr Ip Holdings Llc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
KSR IP Holdings LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G01L 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/10 (2013.01); G01L 3/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque sensor for a steering mechanism having an input shaft joined to an output shaft by a torsion bar. A first coupler is connected to the input shaft while a second coupler is connected to the output shaft. A first and second receiving coils, each having a plurality of oppositely wound loops, are arranged adjacent the first and second coils, respectively, while a circuit determines the angular offset between the couplers.