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US 2004/0016593 A1Published application
Steering column with non-compliant torque sensor
OwnerRatko Menjak, James Myrl Card +1inventors
InventorsRatko Menjak, James Myrl Card, Stephen Vincent Gillman
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Abstract
An electric power steering system for a vehicle comprising a hand wheel in operable communication with a shaft, a motor in mechanical communication with the shaft, and a non-compliant torque sensor located between about a midpoint along the shaft and an upper end of the shaft.
Claims20
An electric power steering system for a vehicle comprising:
- a hand wheel in operable communication with a shaft;
- a motor in mechanical communication with said shaft;
- and
- a non-compliant torque sensor located at said shaft and located between about a midpoint along said shaft and an upper end of said shaft.
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A steering column for a vehicle comprising:
- a shaft controlled by a hand wheel;
- a gear assembly in mechanical communication with said shaft;
- a motor in mechanical communication with said gear assembly;
- a controller in operable communication with said motor;
- a non-compliant torque sensor located at said shaft and located between about a midpoint along said shaft and an upper end of said shaft;
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- a position sensor in electronic communication with said controller and connected to a bracket switch mounting.
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A steering column for a vehicle comprising:
- an upper shaft controlled by a hand wheel;
- a lower shaft connected to said upper shaft by a torsion bar;
- a gear assembly in mechanical communication with said lower shaft;
- a motor in mechanical communication with said gear assembly;
- a controller in electronic communication with said motor;
- a non-compliant torque sensor located at said upper shaft between said connection of said upper shaft and said torsion bar and an upper end of said upper shaft;
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- a position sensor in electronic communication with said controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.