Rotation angle detecting unit
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorYoshinori INUZUKA
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Abstract
A rotation angle detecting unit includes a pedal arm rotated by the pedal force transmitted from an accelerator pedal, an urging device urging the pedal arm in an opposite direction from a direction, in which pedal force is applied to the pedal arm, a pedal rotor engaging the pedal arm to transmit urging force of the urging device to the pedal arm, and a rotation angle detecting device detecting the rotation angle of the accelerator pedal. The rotation angle detecting device includes a movable part attached to the pedal rotor and thereby displaced together with the pedal rotor, and a stator that outputs an electric signal, which is associated with a rotational position of the pedal rotor due to one of magnetic and electric interactions with the movable part.
Claims4
A rotation angle detecting unit that is configured to detect a rotation angle of an accelerator pedal, which is rotated by pedal force, the unit comprising:
- a pedal arm that is configured to be rotated by the pedal force, which is transmitted from the accelerator pedal;
- an urging means for urging the pedal arm in an opposite direction from a direction, in which the pedal force is applied to the pedal arm;
- a pedal rotor that is formed separately from the pedal arm and that engages the pedal arm to transmit urging force of the urging means to the pedal arm;
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- a rotation angle detecting means for detecting the rotation angle of the accelerator pedal, wherein the rotation angle detecting means includes:
- a movable part that is attached to the pedal rotor and thereby displaced together with the pedal rotor;
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- a stator that is configured to output an electric signal, which is associated with a rotational position of the pedal rotor due to one of magnetic and electric interactions with the movable part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.