Steering angle sensor for motor vehicles
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsAxel Schnieders, Markus Stollberg, Holger Franz
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Abstract
A steering angle sensor for motor vehicles for determining the steering angle of a steering element of a steering wheel assembly, which is rotatable during a steering movement is provided. The steering angle sensor comprises a rotatably mounted drive element which during a rotary movement of the steering element likewise performs a rotary movement, and a rotatably mounted driven element which is in engagement with the drive element and is driven by the same. The steering angle is determined by detecting the rotary movement and/or the angle of rotation of the driven element. The drive element and/or the driven element include elastic means via which the drive element and the driven element are braced against each other.
Claims15
A steering angle sensor for motor vehicles for determining the steering angle of a steering element of a steering wheel assembly, which is rotatable during a steering movement, comprising:
- a rotatably mounted drive element, which during a rotary movement of the steering element likewise performs a rotary movement, and
- a rotatably mounted driven element, which is in engagement with the drive element and is driven by the same,
- wherein by detecting the rotary movement and/or an angle of rotation of the driven element the steering angle is determined,
- wherein the drive element and/or the driven element include elastic means via which the drive element and the driven element are braced against each other,
- wherein the drive element and the driven element each are rotatable about an axis of rotation, and
- wherein the drive element and the driven element each include an engagement region via which the drive element and the driven element are in engagement with each other and the engagement region of the driven element and/or the drive element is radially movable with respect to its axis of rotation and that the engagement region is pretensioned against the other one of those two elements by the elastic means.
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