Patents by Inventor Etienne Vandamme

Etienne Vandamme has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230084943
    Abstract: An instrumented bearing comprising a stationary outer ring and a rotating inner ring is provided with an encoder, a sensor assembly comprising a read head positioned opposite and at a reading distance from the encoder, and a leakage current collector capable of coming into sliding contact with an annular contact which can be rigidly connected, directly or indirectly, to the inner ring. The encoder and the read head are positioned axially between the outer ring and the leakage current collector. A conductive electrical connection between the leakage current collector and the stationary outer ring also forms a magnetic shield of ferromagnetic material, extending from the outer ring to the leakage current collector by surrounding the encoder and the read head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: Etienne Vandamme
  • Patent number: 11598825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Publication number: 20230016570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l, and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Patent number: 11204260
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along an helix of pitch p and of angle ?. The invention having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal (N) to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/I and Lp=p.cos ?. The invention also includes a sensor able to detect the period magnetic field emitted by the coder by means of at least two sensitive magnetic elements which are disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track. The sensitive elements are disposed in relation to one another to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NTN-SNR Roulements
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Publication number: 20200292634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along a helix of pitch p and of angle ?, the magnetic track having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/l and Lp=p·cos ?. The invention also includes at least one sensor able to detect the rotating magnetic field in a plane perpendicular to the magnetic track and to the transitions by means of a mounting of at least two sensitive magnetic elements. The mounting being disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track and being arranged to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme
  • Publication number: 20200292352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system comprising a coder that has an alternation of North and South magnetic poles separated by transitions extending along an helix of pitch p and of angle ?. The invention having Npp pairs of North and South poles and a polar width Lp measured along a normal (N) to the transitions which are: Npp=?a/I and Lp=p.cos ?. The invention also includes a sensor able to detect the period magnetic field emitted by the coder by means of at least two sensitive magnetic elements which are disposed at a radial reading distance from the magnetic track. The sensitive elements are disposed in relation to one another to deliver signals in quadrature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Christophe Duret, Cécile Flammier, Etienne Vandamme