Capacitive angle sensor, in particular for motor vehicle steering column
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InventorsFranck Lahoreau, Thierry Fouquet
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InventorsFranck Lahoreau, Thierry Fouquet
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The present invention relates to an angle sensor of the capacitive type, in particular for a steering column of a motor vehicle having a stator and rotor element, comprising at least one sensor element (200) of the stator and a transmitter suitable for applying electrical signals to a transmitter one of the elements, and a receiver suitable for detecting the signals received on a receiver one of the elements, which signals depend on the angular position of the rotor element (300) relative to the sensor element (200) of the stator, the sensor being characterized by the fact that the sensor element (200) of the stator is placed in a box (100) organized to be engaged sideways onto the assembly (10, 50) in which the rotor element (300) is received.
An angle sensor of the capacitive type for a steering column of a motor vehicle, said steering column including a stator and a rotor element (300), said angle sensor comprising at least one sensor element (200) of the stator, transmitter means suitable for applying electrical signals to one of the elements, and receiver means suitable for detecting the signals received on one of the elements, which signals depend on the angular position of the rotor element (300) relative to the sensor element (200) of the stator, said sensor being characterized by the fact that the sensor element (200) of the stator is placed in a box (100) organized to be engaged sideways onto an assembly (10, 50) in which the rotor element (300) is received.
A sensor according to claim 11, taken in association with claim 12, said sensor being characterized by the fact that the electrodes (212, 222, 223, 224, 225) are placed on respective ones of the printed circuits (210, 220).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.