Patent ID: 6062123
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B62D,G01B

Abstract:
A steering-angle detecting device for a power steering system, the device comprising:an input shaft having a bore formed at its outer circumference;an object ring portion formed of a magnetic material and into a predetermined shape, and mounted to an input shaft within a valve housing of the power steering system;a sensor including a Hall element and disposed in said valve housing in opposed relation to said object ring portion;a pulser ring including said object ring portion and a mounting portion extended from said object ring portion axially of said input shaft, said pulser ring being fitted around said input shaft and having an inside diameter greater than an outside diameter of a portion of said input shaft having the pulser ring thereon, said mounting portion being formed with a threaded through-hole extending from an outer circumference to an internal circumference thereof; anda bolt screwed into said through-hole and tightened up with its end portion received by said bore.