Steering angle detector for car

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To detect accurately the directional angle of a tire by fixing a sensor, which is to detect a turn angle, to the piston of a shock-absorber. CONSTITUTION:A sensor 1 which is to detect a turn angle is fixed to the piston 5 of a shock-absorber 4. When the steering wheel is turned, the tire moves and the piston 5 turns in response to the tire motion. Accordingly a joint 15 and a rotor shaft 101, which are directly connected to the piston 5, also turn following the tire. Therefore, the steering angle is obtained by detecting the turn angle of the rotor shaft 101 by means of the sensor 1. The handle of a car can usually turn twice or so either clockwise or counterclockwise, so a driver in the seat may be sometimes troubled at the time he is going to start, being unable to judge the right direction of the tire. But, by using this steering angle detector, the driver can grasp accurately the steering angle.

Inventors

• 👤 Junji Kitagawa
• 👤 北川　順二
• 👤 Kouichi Yamanoue
• 👤 耕一 山野上

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