Patent attributes
The invention provides an electric power steering system which is adapted to enhance the versatility of a detector coil including lead pins and which may be manufactured at low costs. The electric power steering system PS of the invention has an arrangement wherein lead pins 11 of a detector coil 6 and a control board 30 constituting a control unit 10 are interconnected via a wire harness 13. The lead pin 11 and the wire harness 13 are interconnected via a conductive sleeve terminal 14. The sleeve terminal 14 includes: a cylindrical sleeve portion 40 fitted about the lead pin 11; and a connection portion 41 connected with the wire harness 13 and upstanding from an outside periphery of the sleeve portion 40.