Rotary position sensor
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidekazu KATO, Jyunichi KATO
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Abstract
A rotary position sensor configured to transmit the rotational motion from the outside to a rotating body with high accuracy, allowing inspection without affecting the shaft hole includes a rotating body including a cylindrical shaft body having a shaft hole and a flange continuously connected to the shaft body and extending outward in a radial direction of the shaft body, a housing including a bearing through which the shaft body of the rotating body is inserted, and a measuring unit configured to measure a relative position of the rotating body to the housing, wherein the flange includes an engaging portion on a periphery thereof.
Claims15
A rotary position sensor comprising:
- a rotating body including:
- a cylindrical shaft body having a shaft hole;
- and
- a flange continuously connected to the shaft body and extending outward in a radial direction of the shaft body;
- a housing including a bearing through which the shaft body of the rotating body is inserted;
- and
- a measuring unit configured to measure a relative position of the rotating body to the housing,
- wherein the flange includes an engaging portion on a periphery thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.