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US 8,505,866 B2Granted
Sensor assembly and fixing method thereof
AssigneeJATCO Ltd
InventorTakanori Hagihara
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Abstract
A sensor assembly that is fixed to a fixing subject member includes a bracket that is fixed to a fixing subject member, a spacer that is attached to the bracket and contacts the fixing subject member, and a rotation sensor that is held by the bracket and is sandwiched between the spacer and the bracket.
Claims9
A sensor assembly that is fixed to a fixing subject member comprising:
- a bracket that is fixed to the fixing subject member, wherein the bracket comprises at least one side face having a hole;
- a spacer that is attached to the bracket and contacts the fixing subject member;
- and
- a rotation sensor that is held by the bracket and sandwiched between the spacer and the bracket,
- wherein the spacer comprises:
- a projecting portion disposed on a first surface of the spacer that engages with the hole in the side face of the bracket such that there is a first clearance between the projecting portion of the spacer and the hole, and
- a fitting portion disposed on a second surface of the spacer that projects into a fitting subject portion in the fixing subject member such that there is a second clearance between the fitting portion of the spacer and the fitting subject portion in the fixing subject member, and
- wherein the second clearance is smaller than the first clearance.
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A sensor assembly that is fixed to a fixing subject matter comprising:
- a bracket that is fixed to the fixing subject member and has a plurality of side faces;
- a spacer that is attached to the bracket and contacts the fixing subject member;
- and
- a rotation sensor that is held by the bracket,
- wherein the rotation sensor comprising a body portion sandwiched between the spacer and the bracket and a detection portion protruding through a hole in the bracket such that there is a first clearance between the detection portion of the rotation sensor and the hole of the bracket,
- wherein the rotation sensor further comprises a fitting portion protruding from the body portion, the fitting portion being fitted into a fitting subject portion of the spacer such that there is a second clearance between the fitting portion of the rotation sensor and the fitting subject portion of the spacer, and
- wherein the second clearance is smaller than the first clearance between the detection portion of the rotation sensor and the first hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.