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Steering column with hall linear array

US6456913B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by
11References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 2000
Grant dateSep 24, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L5/221
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle steering column having a manual control apparatus for applying a torque to the transmission shaft of the column, said column being provided with means of measuring the torque applied to said transmission shaft, the means of measuring the applied torque comprising a means generating magnetic pulses and a device for detecting these pulses, in which the detection device comprises a plurality of aligned sensitive elements.

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