Permanent Magnet Type Patents (Class 324/174)
  • Patent number: 12128988
    Abstract: A system for selectively coupling a shoe to a pedal electromagnetically or electromechanically, the system including: an electromagnet for coupling a pedal and shoe and/or an electromechanical retention element for coupling to a pedal to a shoe, the electromagnet and/or the electromechanical retention element being activatable based on a signal from a cadence sensor indicating a predetermined cadence condition for a pedal associated with the cadence sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Bradley M. Ganz
  • Patent number: 12004299
    Abstract: An interface assembly includes a functional multilayer structure that includes a first substrate, a molded material layer on a first side of the first substrate, and a sensor arrangement including at least one sensor, wherein the sensor arrangement is arranged at least partly embedded into the molded material layer. The assembly further includes a movable member being movable relative to the functional multilayer structure, wherein the movable member includes at least one detection portion, and the sensor arrangement and the at least one detection portion are mutually arranged so that a position or a change of position of the movable member is detectable by the sensor arrangement based on a position or a change of position of the at least one detection portion relative to the sensor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Mikko Heikkinen, Jarmo Sääski, Ilpo Hänninen, Antti Keränen, Tomi Simula, Vinski Bräysy, Pälvi Apilo, Pasi Korhonen, Topi Wuori
  • Patent number: 11971254
    Abstract: A mechanical system includes a sensor bearing unit and a fixed support part. The sensor bearing unit includes a bearing including a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The sensor device has a sensor housing secured to the second ring of the bearing and a cable output that extends radially and is located circumferentially two spaced protrusions of the fixed support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Maruti Vitthal Khaire, Manoj M Babu
  • Patent number: 11936324
    Abstract: A method for positioning a magnetic device providing an impulse ring forming a coder and at least three magnetic detection cells forming a magnetic sensor. The impulse ring being provided with a target having pairs of magnetic poles. The number of pair of magnetic poles being counted. The magnetic detection cells are positioned around the target of the impulse ring according to the number of pair of magnetic poles and according to the number of detection cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Benedicte Thomas
  • Patent number: 11703089
    Abstract: A sensor bearing assembly includes a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the outer ring of the bearing, and a sensor device for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The sensor device includes a sensor housing and at least one sensor element supported by the sensor housing and cooperating with the impulse ring. An annular spacer is configured to axially abut against a lateral face of the inner ring of the bearing and the sensor housing is secured to the spacer. An outer diameter of the sensor housing is less than or equal to an outer diameter of the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Manoj M Babu
  • Patent number: 11636889
    Abstract: An automatic magnetic flow recording device, comprises a multitude of coaxially disposed hard magnetic rotating wheels wherein the hard magnetic rotating wheels are circular, and rotate with respect to each other by a predetermined transmission ratio. Each hard magnetic rotating wheel has at least one corresponding biaxial magnetoresistive angle sensor. The biaxial magnetoresistive angle sensors measure the angular positions of the hard magnetic rotating wheels within the range of 0-360 degrees. The biaxial magnetoresistive angle sensors comprise two single-axis linear magnetoresistive sensors, wherein the single-axis linear magnetoresistive sensors are an X-axis magnetoresistive sensor or a Z-axis magnetoresistive sensor. The X-axis magnetoresistive sensor of the hard magnetic rotating wheel measures a magnetic field component parallel to the tangent of the circumference of the hard magnetic rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James Geza Deak, Haiping Guo, Xiaofeng Cheng, Zhimin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11598368
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder, with a target mounted on the target holder, and with a sleeve secured to the first ring. The target holder having a mounting portion secured to the first ring of the bearing. The target holder has at least anti-rotation feature axially spaced apart from a free end of the mounting portion and cooperating with a complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the first ring. The anti-rotation feature of the target holder extends into the complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Berruet, Charles Chambonneau, Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset
  • Patent number: 11585385
    Abstract: The sensor bearing unit provides a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, the inner ring mounted on a shaft, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder and with a target mounted on the target holder, the target holder being secured to the inner ring. The target holder includes anti-rotation features adapted to cooperate with complementary anti-rotation features of the shaft so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the shaft by abutment in circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Gilles Ngningha, Jr., Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset, Charlotte Vu
  • Patent number: 11519461
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder, with a target mounted on the target holder, and with a sleeve secured to the first ring, the target holder being axially mounted between a lateral face of the first ring and the sleeve. The first ring having at least one anti-rotation feature cooperating with at least one complementary anti-rotation feature formed on the impulse ring so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Berruet, Charles Chambonneau, Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset
  • Patent number: 11460286
    Abstract: A system, comprising: a processing circuitry configured to: receive a first signal that is indicative of a flux density of a magnetic field, the magnetic field being generated by a rotating target; identify a level of a predetermined type of peak in the first signal, the predetermined type of peak occurring once during each revolution of the target; and output a reference signal when an instant level of the first signal matches the level of the predetermined type of peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Cedric Gillet, Emanuele Andrea Casu
  • Patent number: 11460006
    Abstract: A method for detecting damage in a bearing coupled to a rotating shaft of a rotary machine includes receiving one or more measurement signals from one or more first sensors for monitoring movement of the rotating shaft in one or more directions over a time period. The method also includes removing an effect of one or more environmental and/or operating conditions of the rotary machine from the one or more measurement signals over the time period. After removing, the method includes analyzing changes in the one or more measurement signals from the one or more first sensors, wherein changes in the one or more measurement signals above a predetermined threshold or of a certain magnitude are indicative of a damaged bearing. Moreover, the method includes implementing a corrective action when the changes in the one or more measurement signals are above the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Inderdeep Kaur, Frederick Wilson Wheeler, Michael James Rizzo, John Joseph Mihok
  • Patent number: 11391602
    Abstract: A periodic sensor signal representing a varying rotation angle detected by a rotation angle sensor is compared to a number of thresholds to detect threshold crossings of the periodic sensor signal. An output signal including a pulse pattern at the time of a threshold crossing may be generated only if the direction of rotation has not changed since an immediately preceding threshold crossing. A number of consecutive threshold crossings which take place without a change in the direction of rotation may be counted and an update of the offset register is performed only if the number of consecutive threshold crossings which take place without a change in the direction of rotation is equal to or higher less than the number of thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Alessandro Petri, Simone Fontanesi, Filippo Grillotti, Andrea Possemato, Massimiliano Zilli
  • Patent number: 11353474
    Abstract: A wheel speed sensor includes at least one sensor element, at least one signal processing circuit, as well as at least one first plastics-material housing which houses or at least partially exposes the sensor element and the signal processing circuit, wherein the sensor has a cap, in particular from metal, wherein the sensor has a clamping device which is connected so as to be integral to the cap and/or is integrated in the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Lothar Biebricher, Ulrich Schrader, Felix Ruhmann
  • Patent number: 11333530
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method can include receiving, by an angle sensor, a first periodic angle signal indicative of an angle of a first magnetic field associated with a first track of a target; receiving, by the angle sensor, a second periodic angle signal indicative of an angle of a second magnetic field associated with a second track of the target; generating an uncorrected absolute angle signal indicative of an absolute angle of the target based on the first and second periodic angle signals; determining an estimated error associated with the uncorrected absolute angle signal based on the first periodic angle signal and the second periodic signal; subtracting the estimated error from the uncorrected absolute angle to generate a corrected absolute angle signal; and providing the corrected absolute angle signal as output of the angle sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventor: Andrea Foletto
  • Patent number: 11178732
    Abstract: An induction heating device and a method for sensing a cooking vessel on an induction heating device are provided. The induction heating device may include a controller that converts a resonance waveform generated as current is applied to a sensing coil into a square waveform. The controller may determine whether a cooking vessel placed on the induction heating device has an inductive heating property based on a number of pulses of the converted square waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Bong Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 11162815
    Abstract: A system for detecting a magnetic target includes a magnetic field sensor comprising two or more sensing clusters positioned on a surface of a substrate; and a magnetic target comprising at least four magnetic quadrants spaced evenly around a center point of the magnetic target. The at least four magnetic quadrants have alternating magnetic polarities. The two or more sensing clusters are positioned evenly around the axis of rotation so that each of the sensing clusters detects a magnetic field of two magnetic quadrants that have the same magnetic polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Husain Yusuf Sirohiwala, Nevenka Kozomora
  • Patent number: 11153938
    Abstract: A cooking vessel sensor and an induction heating device including a cooking vessel sensor is provided. The cooking vessel sensor may include a cylindrical hollow body having a first receiving space defined therein; a hollow cylindrical magnetic core received in the first space and having a second receiving space defined therein; and a sensing coil wound on an outer face of the side wall by a predetermined number of winding counts. The cylindrical hollow body may have a side wall having a coil outlet defined therein, and the sensing coil may pass through the coil outlet out of the body. The cooking vessel sensor may further include a controller that applies a current to the sensing coil and determines, based on a sensing result of the cooking vessel sensor, whether the cooking vessel is inductive or has an inductive heating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyungsoo Hwangbo, Junbo Byun, Hyeonwoo Seo
  • Patent number: 11112277
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camshaft or crankshaft sensor including a toothed target, a measuring cell adapted to supply a raw signal and a processor module having two modes of operation: 1) a measurement mode in which the processor module is adapted to supply an output port of the sensor a measurement signal representing the times of passage of the teeth of the target at the level of the measuring cell; and 2) a diagnostic mode in which the processor module is adapted to supply at the output port of the sensor a diagnostic signal different from the measurement signal and representing the amplitude of the raw signal. Also disclosed is a method and a module for diagnosing such a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: David Mirassou, Marie-Nathalie Larue, Yann Dinard, Olivier Marle
  • Patent number: 11099037
    Abstract: A magnetic encoder having a plurality of rows of magnetic tracks and capable of detecting an absolute angle is easily producible with higher accuracy. The magnetic encoder includes: a core member of annular shape having a bending plate portion that bends and extends from an edge of a track formation surface; and two or more rows of magnetic tracks arranged adjacent to each other on a magnetic member provided on the track formation surface, each track having N poles and S poles alternately magnetized thereon. The magnetic tracks include a main track that has a largest number of magnetic poles and is used for calculating an angle, and a sub track used for calculating a phase difference from the main track. The main track is located on a side closer to the bending plate portion than the sub track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Koike, Yasuyuki Fukushima, Yuya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11099034
    Abstract: A position sensor includes a detector and a signal processor. The detector includes a magnet generating a bias magnetic field and a detection element configured to be applied by the bias magnetic field, and generates plural detection signals including distinct phase difference and corresponding to plural ranges aligned in one direction along a movement direction of a detection target, based on a change in a magnetic field received by the detection element from the detection target with a movement of the detection target having a magnetic body. The signal processor acquires the detection signals from the detector, compares the detection signals with a threshold value, and specifies a position of the detection target as a position at one of the ranges based on a combination of magnitude relation between the detection signals and the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kitaura, Atsushi Kobayashi, Michihiro Makita, Akito Sasaki, Tetsuya Ohmi
  • Patent number: 11092467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an elastic encoder and manufacturing method thereof. The elastic encoder of the present invention includes a reinforcing rim which has a reinforcing body and a reinforcing flange formed along a peripheral part of the reinforcing body and which is manufactured using a metallic material; and a plastic magnet which is bound to the reinforcing flange so as to surround the reinforcing flange, includes synthetic resin, rubber material, and magnetic powder, and has a plurality of magnetic poles magnetized in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Woo Kim, Se Hoon Kim, Su Won Cho
  • Patent number: 11072202
    Abstract: A wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, having a rotating hub and a bearing unit. The bearing unit including a radially outer ring provided with respective radially outer raceways, a radially inner ring provided with respective radially inner raceways, a plurality of rolling bodies positioned between the corresponding inner and outer raceways, a sensor for detecting the speed of rotation and the associated sensor holder. A cavity is formed in the radially outer ring of the bearing unit and a protuberance is formed on the outer mounting diameter of the sensor holder, the protuberance being able to be inserted inside the cavity to perform an anti-rotation retention function and ensure the mechanical orientation of the sensor holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Maurizio Bertola, Dominik Fischer, Paolo A Re
  • Patent number: 11065759
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed multi-axis articulated arm apparatus for use within a sealable isolator chamber is disclosed. In one general aspect, it comprises a rotational shaft that passes through an opening in the chamber, a sealing member disposed within the chamber for sealing the shaft to an inner surface of the chamber, interconnected hermetically sealed arm segments operably attached to the linear motion shaft; an end effector operably attached to a terminal arm segment among the arm segments, and at least one fully enclosed drive system for driving and controlling the shaft and the arm segments. The rotational shaft can further be a linear motion shaft for which the sealing member is a bellows. The materials for the parts of the apparatus exposed to the atmosphere of the chamber can be compatible with an aseptic and cleanable environment and the surfaces of the arm segments can be shaped to avoid pooling of contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: VANRX PHARMASYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Ross M. Gold, Christopher Procyshyn, Jeroen Immerzeel, Steve Sang Joon Park
  • Patent number: 11047929
    Abstract: A signal processing circuit amplifies a signal of a magnetic sensor that changes according to the magnitude of a magnetic force. The signal of the magnetic sensor is a pair of signals inverted from each other with respect to a reference voltage. The signal processing circuit includes: a high-pass filter that performs a high-pass filtering process on the complementary signals from the magnetic sensor; a differential amplifier that receives the complementary signals having been subjected to the high-pass filtering process by the high-pass filter as a differential input signal and amplifies the differential input signal at a predetermined amplification factor based on the reference voltage; and a comparator that outputs a binary signal indicating a comparison result between an output signal of the differential amplifier and the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Yoshinaga, Taro Amagai, Akiko Ikeda, Kengo Araki
  • Patent number: 11041875
    Abstract: A wheel hub assembly for motor vehicles, provided with a hub and a bearing unit as well as a device for detecting a vehicle parameter, having an encoder and a magnetic sensor, there being arranged between the encoder and the speed sensor an amplification device for amplifying the magnetic signal, which is stationary and has a radially outer ferromagnetic ring facing the encoder and provided with a first lug and a radially inner ferromagnetic ring facing the encoder and provided with a second lug, said first lug and second lug being arranged facing the magnetic sensor on opposite sides, the amplification device being configured to collect the magnetic flux generated by the plurality of pole pairs of the encoder via the ferromagnetic rings and concentrate it towards the magnetic sensor by means of the first lug and the second lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Giorgio Missiaggia
  • Patent number: 11040440
    Abstract: A drill press includes a main housing, a drill unit supported by the main housing for relative movement therewith, a base coupled to the main housing, the base having a bore formed in a top surface thereof and a magnet to create a magnetic field for magnetically latching the base to a workpiece, and a holding force detection assembly having a plug, a sensor positioned outside the plug to detect the magnetic field within the base, the sensor emitting a variable output voltage signal in response to the detected magnetic field, and a printed circuit board received within a slot in the plug. The holding force detection assembly is received within the bore formed in the top surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Stanley Dey, IV
  • Patent number: 11022134
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an oil pump including a housing in which a space is formed, a rotor installed to be rotatable in an eccentric position in the housing and having vanes mounted along a circumference direction to be protruded and retracted in a radial direction of the housing, and an inner ring fitted to an inner surface of the housing and rotated along with the rotor when the rotor rotates. The housing is formed of a material harder than the material of the inner ring, and oil for lubrication is provided between the housing and the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, MYUNG HWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Kyun Doo, Kyung-Hwan Oh, Hyun-Eu Jung
  • Patent number: 11001099
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel hub assembly includes an outer member configured to be mounted to a non-rotatable portion of the vehicle and an inner member rotatably supported in the outer member by a bearing. An annular target body is coupled to the inner member. A first magnetic target track is disposed on the annular target body, and a first sensor is located adjacent to the first magnetic target track and configured to sense angular displacement of the first magnetic target track and to produce a first output signal. A second magnetic target track is disposed on the annular target body, and the second magnetic target track is spaced from the first magnetic target track. A second sensor is located adjacent to the second magnetic target track for sensing angular displacement of the second target track and is configured to produce a second output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Mathieu Hubert, Gene Kovacs, Michele Musso, Lokesh Nagarajan, David Christopher Rybski
  • Patent number: 10989730
    Abstract: A device for determining a kinematic magnitude of a bicycle and a rate of the pedal-thrust exerted by a user on the pedals of the bicycle includes a sensor of the bicycle, adapted to be associated to the bicycle, suitable for detecting the bicycle kinematic magnitude (?i) and for generating a signal representative of the bicycle kinematic magnitude; a filter connected to the sensor of the bicycle kinematic magnitude, configured for receiving at the input the signal representative of the bicycle kinematic magnitude (?i) and for supplying, at the output, an optimized signal (?opt) of the bicycle kinematic magnitude; and a module for the frequency-analysis of the optimized signal (?opt) of the bicycle kinematic magnitude, connected to the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BLUBRAKE S.R.L.
    Inventors: Matteo Corno, Simone Formentin, Gianmarco Rallo, Sergio Matteo Savaresi, Fabio Todeschini
  • Patent number: 10969214
    Abstract: A position sensor is configured to use a Wiegand wire, position magnet(s) and a reset magnet in which changes in polarization of the Wiegand wire caused by the position magnet(s) can be reset by the reset magnet. The position magnet(s), which can move in relation to the Wiegand wire, can have relatively stronger magnetic flux densities, and the reset magnet, which can be fixed in relation to the Wiegand wire, can have a relatively weaker magnetic flux density. When the position magnet(s) are proximal the Wiegand wire, the relatively stronger position magnet(s) overcome the reset magnet to cause a change in polarization of the Wiegand wire which produces an electrical pulse which can be counted. However, when the position magnet(s) become distal to the Wiegand wire, the relatively weaker reset magnet can reset the polarization of the Wiegand wire to prepare for a next count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Joral LLC
    Inventor: Carl D. Schrubbe
  • Patent number: 10948555
    Abstract: A magnetoresistance element structure disposed parallel to an x-y plane defined by an x-axis and a y-axis orthogonal to the x-axis can include a first magnetoresistance element having a plurality of first shapes coupled in series to result in the first magnetoresistance element having a first serpentine shape parallel to the x-y plane; and a second magnetoresistance element having a plurality of second shapes coupled in series to result in the second magnetoresistance element having a second serpentine shape parallel to the x-y plane, wherein the plurality of first shapes and the plurality of second shapes are disposed in an interdigitated pattern. A magnetic field sensor can use the above magnetoresistance element structure. Nested magnetoresistance elements and magnetic field sensors are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Tran, Rémy Lassalle-Balier
  • Patent number: 10914616
    Abstract: An encoder applied to a rotatable device including a code disc set, at least one bearing, a bearing housing, a main housing, a sensor and an elastic assembly. The code disc set is disposed on a rotation end of the rotatable device. The bearing is disposed around the rotation end, and the bearing housing is disposed around the bearing. The main housing is connected with a first end of the bearing housing. The sensor is disposed on the main housing and corresponds to the disc wheel set, and there is an interval between the sensor and the code disc set. The elastic assembly is connected with a second end of the bearing housing and a fixing end of the rotatable device. Therefore, the interval between the sensor and the code disc set is maintained to be fixed, and the good position detection performance and stable signals are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Hsiung Tsai, Chi-Wen Chung, Ming-Tien Tsai, Chun-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10859401
    Abstract: At least an output shaft angle associated with an output shaft is initialized to a known value where the output shaft is coupled to a motor shaft via a set of one or more gears. A direction of rotation associated with the motor shaft is determined using a plurality of discrete Hall sensors in the motor and the output shaft angle is updated using an incremental value and the direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WISK AERO LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Alan Long, Brian Robert Viele
  • Patent number: 10773548
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel hub assembly includes an outer member configured to be mounted to a non-rotatable portion of the vehicle and an inner member rotatably supported in the outer member by a bearing and configured to support a vehicle wheel. A first target member is coupled with the inner member, and a first sensor is fixed to the outer member and positioned to sense an angular displacement of the first target member relative to the outer member and to produce a first output signal. A second target member is coupled with the inner member and is spaced axially from the first target member, and a second sensor is fixed to the outer member and positioned to sense an angular displacement of the second target member relative to the outer member and to produce a second output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Mathieu Hubert, Lokesh Nagarajan, David Christopher Rybski
  • Patent number: 10738826
    Abstract: A bearing or rolling bearing may comprise a stationary first bearing ring and a second bearing ring that is arranged in a rotatable manner about a longitudinal axis relative to the first bearing ring. The bearing may have a first sensor and a second sensor, which are contactless measuring sensors. The first sensor and the second sensor may each have a sensor surface. The first sensor may be positioned opposite an at least partly circumferential reference edge, and the second sensor may be positioned opposite a reference surface. The first sensor can measure a degree of overlap between the sensor surface of the first sensor and the reference edge. The second sensor can measure a distance, in particular a radial distance, between the sensor surface of the second sensor and the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP ROTHE ERDE GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Gunther Elfert, Joerg Rollmann, Christopher Stenzel
  • Patent number: 10719130
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing, a coil carried by the housing, and a field member movable within the housing responsive to the coil. The field member may include a frame having opposing first and second ends, at least one magnet carried by the frame, and a first overmolded endcap coupled to the first end of the frame. The field member may also include a second overmolded endcap coupled to the second end of the frame. The haptic actuator may include a first flexure having an inner end coupled to the first overmolded endcap, and an outer end coupled to adjacent portions of the housing. The haptic actuator may also include a second flexure having an inner end coupled to the second overmolded endcap, and an outer end coupled to adjacent portions of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Nils E. Larson
  • Patent number: 10703429
    Abstract: A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, in particular of a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler, includes a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element. The second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position. The second closure part is releasably connectable to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Fidlock GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Friedemann Richter, Jürgen Spindler
  • Patent number: 10690366
    Abstract: A system and method includes at least one heat exchanger, a ram fan, and a controller. The ram fan is driven by a motor. A motor control circuit is configured to provide power to the motor to drive the ram fan. The ram fan is configured to provide a ram flow through the at least one heat exchanger from a ram air inlet. The controller is configured to determine a blockage level of the at least one heat exchanger based on the power to the motor, a speed of the ram fan, and a temperature of the ram flow at the ram fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Ensberg, Thomas M. Zywiak, Matthew J. Smith
  • Patent number: 10641324
    Abstract: A sensor bearing assembly provides a bearing having at least one inner ring, at least one outer ring, at least one sensor installed in the bearing, at least one cable connecting the sensor to an external device, and a cable guide fixed to the bearing, into which the cable is inserted. The cable guide provides a flat part fixed to and resting on a flat housing of one of the rings of the bearing. The cable is fixed by adhesion in the cable guide, the cable guide is adhesively locked in rotation relative to the ring of the bearing to which it is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SKF Aerospace France S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bruno Sorlier, Guillaume Lenon, Guillaume Martin
  • Patent number: 10622158
    Abstract: A capacitor system includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor, having essentially the same capacitance, and a current limiter. A first terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the second capacitor are connectable to a first busbar. The second terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to a first terminal of the current limiter and the second terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to a second terminal of the current limiter. The current limiter has at least one third terminal connectable to a second busbar. The current limiter includes a first inductive element and a second inductive element having essentially the same inductance and being magnetically coupled with opposite polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Ove Boe
  • Patent number: 10613111
    Abstract: Example apparatus are disclosed for a wheel-speed tone ring apparatus. An example apparatus includes an axle of a vehicle, and a tone ring coupled to the axle, the tone ring having teeth distributed about a peripheral edge of the tone ring, each tooth having a ramp-shaped surface to be sensed by a wheel speed sensor as the tone ring rotates with the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joe L. Buchwitz, John Wesley Stanley, Mark Riches
  • Patent number: 10591506
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a rotation speed detection device which achieves improved detection accuracy regardless of a compressor and the operating state of the compressor, and enables the prevention of the breakage of a detection unit. A rotation speed detection device for a compressor, wherein a detection unit for detecting full blades and splitter blades that are blades approaching a compressor casing of the compressor in response to a change in the inductance of a magnetic field is provided. The detection unit is provided in an overlap region in which the full blades and the splitter blades that are all blades can be detected and the exposure pressure is in the range of a gauge pressure of one atmosphere or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: YANMAR CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Takahashi, Hidenori Nomura, Mitsuhiro Hibino, Kazuhiro Yamada, Toshiro Itatsu
  • Patent number: 10514476
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes one or more of a radially-wound coil, a hall-effect sensor, a power source, and a control circuit. The radially-wound coil is configured to produce a first magnetic field in response to a DC current applied to the coil. The hall-effect sensor includes a sensor output that indicates proximity of a magnet to the hall-effect sensor. The magnet produces a second magnetic field and the sensor output indicates proximity in response to a sum of a strength of the first magnetic field and a strength of the second magnetic field at the hall-effect sensor exceeds a trip level. The radially-wound coil is in fixed proximity to the hall-effect sensor. The power source is coupled to the hall-effect sensor and is configured to provide power that alternates between on and off voltages to the hall-effect sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher James Hahn
  • Patent number: 10481219
    Abstract: A sensor circuit may include one or more feedback loops to process and attenuate ripple and/or a test signal. The sensor circuit may comprise at least one magnetic field sensing element to generate a magnetic field signal representing a magnetic field to be measured, a test signal generator circuit configured to generate a test signal and combine the test signal with the magnetic field signal to generate a combined signal, and a signal path for processing the combined signal. The signal path may comprise an amplifier circuit to amplify the combined signal, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert the combined signal to a digital combined signal, and a feedback circuitry coupled to receive the digital combined signal and extract the test signal. A test comparator circuit compares the extracted test signal to a reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Hernán D. Romero, Octavio H. Alpago
  • Patent number: 10458476
    Abstract: A rolling element bearing having a first ring element, a second ring element (3), a plurality of rolling elements arranged in a space between the first and the second ring elements such that the first and the second ring elements can rotate relative each other around a rotational axle. The bearing further includes a sealing ring for sealing off a circumferential opening of the space between the first and the second ring element. The sealing ring is connected to the first ring element and further arranged to rotate relative the second ring element of the rolling element bearing. The sealing ring provides a power generating system that provides at least one pick-up element arranged to generate electrical power when the rolling element bearing rotates. The power generating system is located completely within the circumferential opening of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Thomas Hubertus Theresia Vrancken
  • Patent number: 10449998
    Abstract: An apparatus for introducing an auxiliary torque and/or an additional steering angle into a steering shaft of an electromechanical power steering system may comprise a gearwheel that is attached fixedly on the steering shaft so as to rotate with the steering shaft and that is operatively connected to a drive element of a drive motor for driving the gearwheel. The apparatus may further include a sensor that is connected fixedly to the steering shaft so as to rotate with the steering shaft. So that the attachment of the sensor can take place with less complexity and use less installation space as far as possible, the sensor and the gearwheel may be connected to one another at contact faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Peter Knoll, Gernot Ernstson
  • Patent number: 10401196
    Abstract: A method for producing a coil as a measurement transmitter for a sensor, including: providing electrical connections and a magnetic core for the coil, forming a coil former around the magnetic core in such a way that the magnetic core is at least partially enclosed by the coil former and the electrical connections are held by the coil former, winding at least one coil wire onto the formed coil former, and connecting the wound coil wire to the electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Jakob Schillinger, Dietmar Huber, Frank Grunwald, Hilmar Müller
  • Patent number: 10345350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting high-frequency signals (22), comprising method steps as follows: dividing a high-frequency signal (22) into a raw signal (3) and a reference signal (4), attenuating the raw signal (3) into an attenuated signal (9), wherein the attenuating happens as a function of frequency of the raw signal (3) in accordance with an attenuation characteristic, rectifying the attenuated signal (9), so that a first direct voltage (15) is generated, rectifying the reference signal (4), so that a second direct voltage (16) is generated, ascertaining an attenuation from the ratio of the first and second direct voltages (15, 16), wherein the ratio corresponds to an attenuation factor for the attenuation of the raw signal (3), determining the frequency of the high-frequency signal (22) from the attenuation factor and an attenuation characteristic (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER SE+CO.KG
    Inventors: Thomas Blodt, Timo Schwall
  • Patent number: 10326536
    Abstract: One example discloses an electromagnetic device, including: a first circuit, configured to generate a first electromagnetic field; a second circuit responsive to the first electromagnetic field; a damping circuit configured to generate a second electromagnetic field in response to a current induced by the first electromagnetic field; and wherein the second electromagnetic field reduces the second circuit's responsiveness to the first electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Anthony Kerselaers
  • Patent number: 10316917
    Abstract: A hydraulic power take-off is provided for use with industrial drives. The hydraulic power take-off has a multiple-force brake system that facilitates actively slowing large inertial loads associated with a heavy rotating mass of an industrial machine. The multiple-force brake system applies different braking forces at different times to control deceleration of the heavy rotating mass in the industrial machine to reduce its stopping time. The multiple-force brake system may include a clutch assembly and a brake assembly. A control system may control the clutch and brake assemblies to provide the multiple-force brake system a relatively higher energy brake engagement state and a relatively lower energy brake engagement. This may include alternating between the higher and lower energy brake engagement states to pulse between high and low pressure braking to facilitate cooling of the system while slowing the large inertial loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Twin Disc, Inc.
    Inventor: Darrel A. Jones