Throttle control integrating an angular position sensor
AssigneeMagneti Marelli S.p.A.
InventorsPaolo Cominetti, Andrea Baldassari, Roberto Piciotti
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Abstract
A throttle control provided with: a twist grip, which has a tubular shape and is centrally perforated to be fitted about a tubular handlebar so as to rotate with respect to the tubular handlebar; and an angular position sensor, which is adapted to read the angular position of the twist grip and has at least one rotor, which is supported by the twist grip to rotate along with the twist grip and is adapted to affect an electric and/or magnetic field, and at least a reader, which is adapted to be mounted in a fixed position inside the tubular handlebar so as to be arranged close to the rotor, and is adapted to remotely and contactlessly read the orientation of the rotor.
Claims18
A throttle control (1) integrating an angular position sensor (16);
- the throttle control (1) comprises:
- a twist grip (11), which has a tubular shape and is centrally perforated to be fitted about a tubular handlebar (2) so as to rotate with respect to the tubular handlebar (2);
- and
- an angular position sensor (16), which is adapted to read the angular position of the twist grip (11);
- the throttle control (1) is characterized in that the angular position sensor (16) comprises:
- at least one rotor (17), which is supported by the twist grip (11) to rotate along with the twist grip (11) and is adapted to affect an electric and/or magnetic field;
- and
- at least one reader (18), which is adapted to be mounted in a fixed position inside the tubular handlebar (2) so as to be arranged close to the rotor (17), and is adapted to remotely and contactlessly read the orientation of the rotor (17).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.