Abstract: A dual resolver device that includes a first resolver having a first rotary shaft, and a second resolver having a second rotary shaft, wherein the absolute value of a difference between a shaft angle multiple of the first resolver and a shaft angle multiple of the second resolver is 1. In one embodiment, the dual resolver device further includes a torsion bar connecting the first and second rotary shafts. In another embodiment, the first and second rotary shafts constitute different portions of the same rotary shaft. In either embodiment, the first resolver preferably produces an output indicative of a rotation angle of the first rotary shaft, and the second resolver preferably produces an output indicative of a rotation angle of the second rotary shaft. The dual resolver device preferably further includes a processor that determines an absolute shaft rotation angle in response to the first and second outputs, and the shaft angle multiples of the first and second resolvers.

Abstract: This invention is to provide an improved device for measuring torque with high accuracy and a simple structure. The device is so constructed that one end of a torsion bar (which is twisted depending on an actual steering operation) is combined with one end of an input shaft, while the other end of the torsion bar is combined with one end of an output shaft. The other end of the input shaft is combined with a steering wheel, while the other end of the output shaft is connected to vehicle wheel. A rotor of a first resolver comprising the rotor having a resolver excitation winding and a stator having a resolver output winding is fixed to the input shaft (one end of which is combined with the steering wheel). A rotor of a second resolver comprising the rotor having a resolver excitation winding and a stator having a resolver output winding is fixed to the output shaft (the other end of which is connected to the vehicle wheels).

Abstract: A stator assembly is formed by sandwiching a circular stator core made of soft magnetic plates from the both sides with a first magnetic-pole assembly having a part mounting section and a second magnetic-pole assembly. The stator core, the first magnetic-pole assembly, and the second magnetic-pole assembly are surrounded by a synthetic resin in a manner such that a surface at which a magnetic-pole tooth of the stator core face a rotor is exposed. The part mounting section has a plurality of holes in each of which a pin (not shown) penetrates, and holes also penetrating in the stator core at positions corresponding to the outside of the circumference of the first magnetic-pole assembly. The first magnetic-pole assembly and the part mounting section, and the second magnetic-pole assembly are fitted with the synthetic resin surrounding through the plurality of through holes provided for the stator core.

Abstract: A stator assembly is formed by sandwiching a circular stator core made of soft magnetic plates from the both sides with a first magnetic-pole assembly having a part mounting section and a second magnetic-pole assembly. The stator core, the first magnetic-pole assembly, and the second magnetic-pole assembly are surrounded by a synthetic resin in a manner such that a surface at which a magnetic-pole tooth of the stator core face a rotor is exposed. The part mounting section has a plurality of holes in each of which a pin (not shown) penetrates, and holes also penetrating in the stator core at positions corresponding to the outside of the circumference of the first magnetic-pole assembly. The first magnetic-pole assembly and the part mounting section, and the second magnetic-pole assembly are fitted with the synthetic resin surrounding through the plurality of through holes provided for the stator core.

Abstract: An output terminal is provided at the middle point of each of output windings 112X and 112Y of a resolver 10. A difference between a voltage V2X (V2Y), between one of the end terminals and the middle point of the output winding, and a voltage V11X (V1Y), between the other end terminal and the middle point of the output winding, is detected by a difference voltage detection circuit 101, and supplied to a logical summing circuit 126 via a rectifier circuit 124 and a comparator circuit 125. In accordance with an output from the logical summing circuit 126, a fault of the windings, such as short-circuiting or the like, can be detected even at a specific rotation angle of the rotor. Thus, a resolver in which a fault thereof can be easily detected, as well as a resolver fault detection circuit, can be provided.