Torque angle sensor and electric power steering including the same
AssigneeHl Klemove Corp.
InventorsJinseok BAE, Minha LEE
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Abstract
A torque angle sensor or an electric power steering including the same include a housing having a through hole through which a shaft passes, a gear assembly accommodated inside the housing and fixed to the shaft and rotating together with the shaft, a rotor accommodated inside the housing, coupled to the gear assembly, and rotating together with the gear assembly, and a printed circuit board mounted to the housing and detecting rotation of the rotor and detecting torque applied to the shaft, in which the printed circuit board is fixed to the housing in a hook-fastening manner.
Claims20
A torque angle sensor comprising:
- a housing having a through hole through which a shaft passes;
- a gear assembly disposed in the housing and fixed to the shaft to be rotatable together with the shaft;
- a rotor disposed in the housing, coupled to the gear assembly to be rotatable together with the gear assembly;
- and
- a printed circuit board mounted to the housing and configured to detect rotation of the rotor and torque applied to the shaft,
- wherein the printed circuit board is fixed to the housing in a hook-fastening manner.
An electric power steering comprising:
- a torque angle sensor including a housing having a through hole through which a shaft passes, a gear assembly disposed in the housing and fixed to the shaft to be rotatable together with the shaft, a rotor disposed in the housing and coupled to the gear assembly to be rotatable together with the gear assembly, and a printed circuit board mounted to the housing and configured to detect rotation of the rotor and torque applied to the shaft,
- wherein the printed circuit board is fixed to the housing in a hook-fastening manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.