Having Particular Sensor Means Patents (Class 324/207.13)
  • Patent number: 11921173
    Abstract: A method of determining an orientation ?,? of a magnet which is pivotable about a reference position having a predefined position relative to a semiconductor substrate, comprising: a) determining at least two of the following magnetic field gradients: i) a first magnetic field gradient dBx/dx; ii) a second magnetic field gradient dBy/dy; iii) a third magnetic field gradient dBz/dx; iv) a fourth magnetic field gradient dBz/dy; b) determining a first angle ? based on at least one of the magnetic field gradients; c) determining a second angle ? based on at least one of the magnetic field gradients. A sensor device is configured for performing this method. A sensor system includes such sensor device and a magnet, optionally connected to a joystick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventors: Gael Close, Nicolas Dupre, Jean-Claude Depoorter, Yves Bidaux
  • Patent number: 11920953
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device (100) for determining orientation of an object (3). The device (100) includes a hollow-spherical enclosure (2) supportable by the object (3) and a plurality of sensors (S1 . . . Sn) circumferentially disposed in the hollow-spherical enclosure (2). A gimbal assembly (1) is secured in the hollow-spherical enclosure (2), where at least one gimbal ring of the gimbal assembly (1) is fixed perpendicular to a gravitational weight a gravitational vector (G) of the gimbal assembly (1). Further, at least one light source (8) is secured in the gimbal assembly (1) and the gimbal assembly (1) is configured to align the at least one light source (8) relative to orientation of the object (3) such that, the light emitted by the at least one light source (8) is incident on at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors (S1 . . . Sn), to determine orientation of the object (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Tilak Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11903595
    Abstract: A three dimensional magnetic sensor attached to a surgical nail is located based on an applied monotonic magnetic field gradient. Another three dimensional magnetic sensor locates a surgical drill. A display generates a real time image of the relative alignment of the surgical drill and of the surgical nail, allowing a surgeon to repair bone fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Saransh Sharma, Abhinav Agarwal, Mikhail Shapiro, Azita Emami
  • Patent number: 11867536
    Abstract: To reduce the construction effort and also to make it smaller, the detector coil (6) is formed in the detector head (7) of a magnetostrictive position sensor (100) in a semiconductor chip (2), in which at the same time also the evaluation circuit (16) is formed and—if biased electrically and by means of direct current—also the then necessary separate bias coil (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASM Automation Sensorik Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Manfred Steinich
  • Patent number: 11860664
    Abstract: A control apparatus for actuating hydraulic valve systems includes an actuation section including an oscillating control element and a plurality of control rods provided with a pusher capable of interacting with the control element so as to translate the control rods in a longitudinal direction, a sensor section including a plurality of sensor elements for detecting a movement in a longitudinal direction of said control rods, and an auxiliary section capable of generating a force opposing the motion of the control rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WALVOIL S.P.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Beneventi, Alessandro Cervi, Matteo Gibellini
  • Patent number: 11828659
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus is provided for magnetostrictive position detectors to compensate fluid level measurements for temperature conditions associated with the process without the use of a built-in or external stand-alone temperature sensor. Also disclosed is an algorithm to compensate for temperature conditions associated with the process by determining thermal error coefficients for temperature compensation that are proportional to the process temperature via digital processing of the signals of the position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Wilfredo Fernando Baluja
  • Patent number: 11820168
    Abstract: A hub assembly includes an inner rotatable hub having inboard and outboard axial ends, a radial flange extending outwardly from the outboard axial end and connectable with the wheel, an inner circumferential surface, and an opposing outer circumferential surface providing inboard and outboard inner races. An outer hub is disposed about the inner hub, connectable with the chassis and has inboard and outboard axial ends, an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The inner surface provides inboard and outboard outer races and a central surface section extending between the two outer races. First and second sets of rolling elements are disposed between the inner and outer races. One or more sensors are each disposed on the central surface section of the outer hub and are each configured to sense strain within the outer hub generated by the rolling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Hendrik Anne Mol, Elizabertus Maljaars, Johannes Ravesloot, Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Matteo Senesi, Feng Qiu
  • Patent number: 11815575
    Abstract: A MRI device including a main field unit for establishing a main magnetic field (MF) in an imaging region, a gradient coil assembly for generating a gradient field in the imaging region, a RF arrangement for sending excitation signals to and receiving MR signals from the imaging region, a field camera for determining MF information in the imaging region, the field camera comprising multiple MF sensors arranged at measurement positions enclosing the imaging region, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive sensor data for each measurement positions, from the sensor data, calculate the MF information for the imaging region, and implement a calibration and/or correction measure depending on the MF information. The field camera may be a vector-field camera acquiring vector-valued sensor data describing the MF at each measurement positions three-dimensionally. The controller may determine the MF information to three dimensionally describe the MF in the imaging region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Popescu
  • Patent number: 11787254
    Abstract: A shock absorber for a vehicle suspension system may include a damper tube defining an axis, a rod operably coupled to the damper tube to be movable along the axis relative to the damper tube in response to jounce and rebound events, a dust boot operably coupled to the rod and extending along peripheral sides of the rod and at least a proximal end of the damper tube relative to the rod, the dust boot being movable with the rod, a target disposed on a damper bump cap operably coupled to the proximal end of the damper tube, and a measurement assembly affixed to the dust boot. The measurement assembly may include a PCB elongated parallel to the axis to track relative movement between the target and the measurement assembly responsive to the jounce and rebound events to generate ride height information based on the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Hwang, William Wong, Edmund Scott Anderson
  • Patent number: 11771338
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a magnetic field for tracking of an object can include a localized magnetic field generator that is configured to generate a magnetic field and to control the magnetic field in an area of interest and configured to control the magnetic field in a separate area. The separate area can be displaced from the area of interest and can include a magnetic field-disrupting component. The object can be located in the area of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.À R.L.
    Inventors: Alon Izmirli, Uzi Eichler, Michael Korol, Kobi Kor, Yuval Vaknin
  • Patent number: 11752866
    Abstract: An organ-type electronic pedal device includes a high-load spring module and a hysteresis lever. If necessary, the organ-type pedal device enables different pedal efforts, strokes, and hysteresis operating forces to be tuned as required for individual vehicle models by changing the parts of the hysteresis lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KYUNG CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim, Ji Soo Kim, Jong Hwan Han
  • Patent number: 11722024
    Abstract: Disclosed is an IPM motor that detects an accurate position of a rotor. The IPM motor includes a stator, a hub, a plurality of spokes extending outward in a radial direction from the hub, a plurality of slots defined between the spokes, a rotor rotatably installed in the stator, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of permanent magnets respectively arranged in the slots, a sensor disposed adjacent to the rotor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a position of each permanent magnet, and a cover disposed on the rotor to cover the rotor, wherein the cover is constructed to guide magnetic flux of each permanent magnet to the sensor at a specific point of the slot of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaemin Lee, Youngjun Ahn, Kilyoung Kim, Junho Lee, Jihwan Kong, Taeseok Jeong
  • Patent number: 11713981
    Abstract: An evaluation unit for a magnetostrictive displacement sensor and a magnetostrictive displacement sensor for determining a position of at least one position encoder having an input for receiving an electrical measurement signal generated by the magnetostrictive displacement sensor are proposed. The electrical measurement signal includes a position signal representing a position of a position encoder movable relative to a magnetostrictive device component and a reference signal representing a reference position, having a first evaluation branch for evaluating the measurement signal. The first evaluation branch is adapted to determine a position signal time of flight of the position signal and a first reference signal time of flight of the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SICK ATECH GMBH
    Inventor: Saiful Islam Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11707645
    Abstract: A movement tracking device that includes a housing, a rotatable spool secured within the housing, a rotary sensor in operable communication with the spool, and a conductive wire configured to be repeatedly unspooled from and respooled onto the rotatable spool. The conductive wire has a distal end extendable from the housing. The movement tracking device also includes a plurality of resonators and a processor in communication with the plurality of resonators and the rotary sensor. The plurality of resonators are disposed in or on the housing and positioned about the conductive wire. Each of the plurality of resonators is configured to create one or more magnetic fields through which the conductive wire extends. The processor is configured to receive information from the plurality of resonators and the rotary sensor and determine a position of the conductive wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: RED MATTER LABS, INC.
    Inventor: Jordan Berke
  • Patent number: 11674828
    Abstract: Systems, assemblies, and methods can involve a retainer assembly adapted to interface with a sensor rod of an in-cylinder position sensor assembly of a fluid cylinder. The retainer assembly can comprise an annular body that defines a bore extending from a first end of the annular body to a second end of the annular body opposite the first end; a sleeve disposed in the bore at an inner wall of the annular body; and one or more magnets fixedly provided between the annular body and the sleeve in a radial direction of the annular body. Each of the one or more magnets may be fixedly molded in place between the annular body and the sleeve in the radial direction of the annular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ananda S. Ponnusamy, Kurt S. Goslovich, Satish B. Nutakki
  • Patent number: 11653623
    Abstract: A rotary milking parlor controlled that uses a set of sensors generating sensor signals that determine whether or not an entity is located at a hazardous position of the rotary milking parlor, and a central control unit, where each sensor in the set of sensors generates first and second independent signals, the first and second signals conveyed separately via respective first and second signal lines to the central control unit, and the rotary milking parlor controlled to be operated only if both the first and second signals of all sensors in the set of sensors indicate that no entity is deemed to be located at a hazardous position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventor: Krzysztof Rybczynski
  • Patent number: 11656107
    Abstract: Since the functional unit (PS-F) of a position sensor is no longer to be repaired in the event of failure, but is to be replaced completely—which is nevertheless to be canred out according to the principle of bloodless removal, especially when arranged in a piston of a working cylinder unit—according to the invention, such functional units are manufactured in different dimensions and possibly also functioning according to different measuring principles in a very simple and cost-effective manner and according to the modular principle in that a functional rod (FS) of the functional unit (PS-F) on the one hand the electronics board (2) with the evaluation unit (12) on the other hand are each inserted opposite the pot-shaped head housing (1), from which the functional rod (FS) then protrudes from the open side (1a), and are pre-fixed to the latter, and the head housing (1) is then cast from the open side, which only brings about the firm connection between the evaluation electronics (12) on the one hand and the f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ASM Automation Sensorik Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Manfred Steinich
  • Patent number: 11642987
    Abstract: A sliding unit for a vehicle, the sliding unit may include a rail provided on the vehicle; a fixing portion formed of a material through which magnetism is flowable and provided along a direction in which the rail extends; a moving portion that is slidable along the rail; and a magnetic module provided in the moving portion, disposed toward the fixing portion, and selectively locked to the fixing portion by a magnetic path to selectively fix the moving portion to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11644297
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a three-dimensional (3D) non-contact position sensor. A system includes a magnetic target coupled to and/or integrated with a target object and a position sensor comprising a plurality of magnetometers configured to provide a set of magnetic flux values corresponding to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic target. A logic device receives the set of magnetic flux values provided by the plurality of magnetometers of the position sensor and determines a position and/or orientation of the target object based, at least in part, on the received set of magnetic flux values. The position and/or orientation of the target object may be used as feedback to help position and/or orient the target object according to a desired position and/or orientation or to track its position accurately in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR Surveillance, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Howard
  • Patent number: 11618403
    Abstract: A seat cushion airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion that is formed with a center part installed in a center of or around a front part of a seat cushion of a vehicle and is located between legs of a passenger when being deployed. An extension part extends on both sides of the center part and is located above the legs of the passenger and an inflator is connected to the airbag cushion and provides an expansion force to the airbag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Sung Ung Ryu, Seoung Hyun Lee, Han Jo Jeong, Myeong Hwan Kim, Dae Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11614459
    Abstract: A protective sleeve for a revolution rate sensor, in particular for the detection of wheel revolution rates of vehicles. It has: an upper end section, configured to lead electrical connections of the revolution rate sensor out of the protective sleeve, a side wall which connects to the upper end section and extends in the direction of a longitudinal axis, and a lower end section which connects to the side wall, in which the protective sleeve has a recess at its lower end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Rohse, Timo Raiser
  • Patent number: 11589772
    Abstract: A medical procedure system, including a medical instrument to be inserted into a body part, and including position-tracking transducers to provide position signals, a distal end, and at least one radiopaque marker, a position tracking sub-system to compute a position including at least one location and orientation of the distal end in a position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame responsively to the position signals, a fluoroscope to capture fluoroscopic images of an interior of the body part and the radiopaque marker(s), and a registration sub-system to render, to a display, the captured fluoroscopic images including at least one marker-image of the radiopaque marker(s), and at least one graphical representation indicative of the computed position of the distal end, receive user-alignment input aligning the graphical representation(s) with the marker-image(s), and register the position-tracking sub-system coordinate frame with a coordinate frame of the fluoroscope responsively to the received user-alignmen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Yehuda Algawi, Vadim Gliner, Ilya Sitnitsky, Andres Claudio Altmann
  • Patent number: 11592321
    Abstract: A system for dynamically adjusting an operation of a magnetostrictive position sensor is provided. The system includes a controller configured to receive an electrical signal from the magnetostrictive position sensor that includes a response pulse, identify factory calibration data that correlates initial recorded values of amplitudes of response pulses received from the magnetostrictive position sensor at different locations of a position magnet along a length of the magnetostrictive position sensor, identify an initial amplitude of the response pulse based on the factory calibration data, calculate a difference between the initial amplitude and an amplitude of the response pulse, determine if the difference is greater than a threshold value, and generate an alert in response to determining that the difference is greater than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Wilfredo Fernando Baluja
  • Patent number: 11585868
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for magnetic field sensors with self-test include a detection circuit to detect speed and direction of a target. One or more circuits to test accuracy of the detected speed and direction may be included. One or more circuits to test accuracy of an oscillator may also be included. One or more circuits to test the accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter may also be included. Additionally, one or more IDDQ and/or built-in-self test (BIST) circuits may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: P. Karl Scheller, James E. Burgess, Steven E. Snyder, Kristann L. Moody, Devon Fernandez, Andrea Foletto
  • Patent number: 11585679
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a pair of sensing elements. The sensing elements are shifted with respect to each other by at least 120 degrees about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivitv Belgjum BVBA
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Patent number: 11576767
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for recording, transferring and simulating a relative position and/or movement of a mandible relative to a maxilla, comprising: a transmitter coil for transmitting a magnetic measurement field; at least one sensor placed on the mandible and arranged in at least one holding device having a position marking for the sensor; a sensor positioning device provided for setting the axis-orbital plane and condylar points and comprising at least one sensor for capturing and emitting positional data; a data set of a relative movement of a mandible relative to a maxilla, the data set is generated from the sensor signals of the at least one sensor arranged on the mandible and from the positional data from the sensor signals from the sensor positioning device; and a computer for recording, processing and displaying the movement data from the data set from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: IGNIDENT GmbH
    Inventor: Petra Ina Clauss
  • Patent number: 11567098
    Abstract: A sensor assembly comprising a holder body and a housed semiconductor sensor element situated on the holder body for rotational speed measurement and/or position measurement, a cured enveloping material that covers the housed semiconductor sensor element completely being situated on the holder body. It is provided that the housed semiconductor sensor element is glued onto a mounting surface of the holder body using an adhesive that differs from the enveloping material, and that the adhesive is situated in a receiving space between the mounting surface and a bottom side of the housed semiconductor sensor element that is facing the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Elzner, Thomas Ullmann
  • Patent number: 11543267
    Abstract: A position sensing mechanism provided by the invention comprises an encoding element as a sensing signal source, a reading element for sensing signals of the signal source, and a processing unit for receiving and analyzing sensing signals output by the reading element, the position sensing mechanism has a main technical feature lying in a magneto-resistive unit in the reading element for sensing signals of the signal source being a tunneling magneto-resistor (TMR), and two layers of magnetic moments of a reference layer and a free layer of the tunneling magneto-resistor being perpendicular to each other, and in the reference layer and the free layer with the magnetic moments being perpendicular to each other, the magnetic moment of one of the layers is parallel to a film surface, and the magnetic moment of the other layer is perpendicular to the film surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Huang Lai, Chia-Chang Lee, Zhi-Hao Xu, Heng-Sheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11525747
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a sensing device comprising: a stator; and a rotor, at least a part of which is arranged on the stator. The stator comprises a stator holder, a stator body coupled to the stator holder, and a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth arranged on the stator body. The rotor comprises a rotor holder, a rotor body coupled to the rotor holder, and a magnet coupled to the rotor body. The first stator tooth comprises a first body and multiple first teeth connected to the first body and spaced apart from each other. The second stator tooth comprises a second body and multiple second teeth connected to the second body and spaced apart from each other. The multiple first teeth and the multiple second teeth overlap in the radial direction. Accordingly, the sensing device can prevent or minimize magnetic-field interference resulting from an external magnetic field generated outside during torque measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Wook Byun
  • Patent number: 11519709
    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: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Joral LLC
    Inventor: Carl D. Schrubbe
  • Patent number: 11506544
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for determining the temperature, comprising a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and electronics which are configured to apply an electrical signal to the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor and to tap off at least one reception signal from the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor. The apparatus also comprises at least six connection lines for making electrical contact with the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the connection lines are arranged and configured such that the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are connected in series and can have the transmission signal applied thereto such that the first reception signal can be tapped off from the first temperature sensor and/or the second reception signal can be tapped off from the second temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Wetzer GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Peuker, Michael Korn, Pavo Vrdoljak
  • Patent number: 11506638
    Abstract: A contactless odometer system can include a sensor array. The sensor array can include a plurality of sensing elements adjacent to a target surface and configured to receive signals based on a distance separating the sensing element from the adjacent surface and a defect present below the adjacent surface of the target. The system can also include a controller configured to receive the signals from first and second locations within the target and to generate first and second defect maps corresponding to the first and second locations. The controller can identify overlapping portions of first and second defect maps and can determine a translation distance in at least one direction. Related methods of determining a distance traveled by a contactless odometer system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Giovanni Canni, Jeffrey Earle Sutherland
  • Patent number: 11506517
    Abstract: A magnetic angular position sensor system is described herein, which includes a shaft rotatable around a rotation axis, the shaft having a soft magnetic shaft end portion. The system further includes a sensor chip spaced apart from the shaft end portion in an axial direction and defining a sensor plane, which is substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis. At least four magnetic field sensor elements are integrated in the sensor chip, with two of the magnetic field sensor elements being spaced apart from each other and are sensitive to magnetic field components in a first direction and wherein two of the magnetic field sensor elements are spaced apart from each other and are only sensitive to magnetic field components in a second direction, whereby the first and the second direction are mutually non-parallel and the first and the second direction being perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Udo Ausserlechner
  • Patent number: 11499811
    Abstract: An angle sensor of a tape feeder includes a magnetic body that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of a sprocket, a magnetic sensor that outputs a detection signal corresponding to the angle of the magnetic body with respect to the feeder main body, and an angle calculating section that performs offset processing for adjusting an origin of the detection signal using a preset offset value, gain processing that adjusts the magnitude of the detection signal using a preset gain value, and that calculates the angle of the magnetic body based on the adjusted detection signal. The control device performs correction processing for correcting at least one of the offset value or the gain value based on the detected signals outputted from the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kura, Akira Hara, Yuichi Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 11500020
    Abstract: A sensor device comprises a sensor connected to a first signal and responsive to an external field to produce a sensor signal, a test device connected to a second signal and electrically connected in series with the sensor by an electrical test connection providing a test signal, and a monitor circuit electrically connected to the first, second and test signals. The monitor circuit comprises a processing circuit and a determination circuit. The processing circuit is responsive to the test signal and a predetermined processing value to form a processing output signal. The determination circuit is responsive to the processing output signal to determine a diagnostic signal. A sensor circuit responsive to the sensor signal provides a sensor device signal responsive to the external field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MELEXIS BULGARIA LTD
    Inventors: Rumen Marinov Peev, Stoyan Georgiev Gaydov
  • Patent number: 11493379
    Abstract: A system for monitoring at least one machine including a plurality of magnetic sensors synchronously sensing magnetic fields emitted by at least one machine, along a corresponding plurality of channels and outputting magnetic field emission signals corresponding to the magnetic fields, a signal analyzer receiving at least a portion of the magnetic field emission signals, performing analysis thereof, and providing an output based on the analysis, the output including at least an indication of a condition of the at least one machine, and a control module receiving the indication of the condition and initiating at least one of a repair event on the at least one machine, an adjustment to a maintenance schedule of the at least one machine and an adjustment to an operating parameter of the at least one machine based on the indication, whereby efficacy of the at least one machine is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AUGURY SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Saar Yoskovitz, Gal Shaul, Ori Negri, Eduard Rudyk, Gal Ben-Haim
  • Patent number: 11486943
    Abstract: A magnetism detection device includes: a transmission line set having a transmission line including a linear first conductor including a magnetic material; and a detector that: inputs, from a first end of the transmission line set, a pulse signal as a first incident wave and detects, at the first end, a first reflected wave of the first incident wave; inputs, from a second end opposite to the first end, a pulse signal as a second incident wave and detects, at the second end, a second reflected wave of the second incident wave; and detects a strength of a magnetic field applied to the transmission line set based on compositing of the first reflected wave and the second reflected wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Naoki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11485476
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a power drive unit installed on an aircraft is provided. The method includes causing, by a controller, sensors to measure an angular position at corresponding locations along at least one wing of the aircraft. The controller, as part of the method, receives the angular position from the one or more sensors and analyzes the angular position to generate feedback information to implement the monitoring of the power drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin LeMaster, Gregory T. Wallen
  • Patent number: 11460322
    Abstract: A rotation angle measurement system for detecting a shaft rotation. The rotational angle measurement system includes a rotor unit, a stationary stator unit, and a multi-turn sensor unit. The rotor unit is connected to the shaft to rotate therewith. The rotor unit radially surrounds the shaft and has at least one sensor magnet. The multi-turn sensor unit is arranged on the stationary stator unit spaced radially apart from the shaft. The multi-turn sensor unit interacts with the at least one sensor magnet to detect shaft revolutions. The multi-turn sensor unit includes a Wiegand sensor, at least one Hall sensor, an evaluation unit electrically connected to the Wiegand sensor and to the at least one Hall sensor, and a separate sensor unit circuit board which is fastened to the stationary stator unit and on which the Wiegand sensor, the at least one Hall sensor, and the evaluation unit are each arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FRABA B.V.
    Inventors: Florian Hallermann, Hanno Volker
  • Patent number: 11448713
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a magnetic field sensor having first and second arrays of magnetic field sensing elements with at least first and second orthogonal axes of sensitivity. The first array of magnetic field sensing elements is spaced a first distance from the second array of magnetic field sensing elements. A turns counter counts a number of times a magnetic pole pair of a moving target passes the magnetic field sensing elements with a selected pole pair resolution and a module determines absolute angular position of the target from differential signals from the first and second arrays of magnetic field sensing elements and the turns counter. The first distance is configured to match a pitch of the poles of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Till-Jonas Ostermann, Simon E. Rock, Emil Pavlov
  • Patent number: 11440641
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft wing comprising a stationary central wing body as well as at least one mobile leading edge flap intended for being moved relative to the stationary central body between an extended position and a retracted position, the wing comprising a device for moving the mobile leading edge flap, the device being provided with at least one mobile drive rail including a front end connected to the mobile flap. According to the invention, the movement device comprises a linear electric motor including: a primary assembly provided with at least one stationary carriage comprising coils, the primary assembly being rigidly connected to the stationary central body of the wing; and a mobile secondary assembly including a magnetic track arranged on the drive rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SONACA S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Debaisieux, Steve Sciarrabone
  • Patent number: 11413429
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are described including a catheter adapter subassembly including a magnetic feature. Systems include such a catheter adapter subassembly and a needle subassembly including a magnetic feature, and relative movement of the catheter adapter subassembly and the needle subassembly can be determined using a magnetometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Siddarth Shevgoor, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Edward G. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11353912
    Abstract: A joystick assembly for use with a device including a joystick surface and a first magnet having north and south magnetic poles includes a second magnet having north and south magnetic poles and a movable elongated shaft having first and second opposing ends arranged along a major axis of the shaft. The first end of the shaft is coupled to the second magnet such that movement of the shaft results in movement of the second magnet relative to the first magnet such that a line between centers of the north and south magnetic poles of the second magnet is movable relative to a line between the north and south magnetic poles of the first magnet. An attraction of the second magnet to the first magnet results in a restoring force upon the shaft, and the shaft and the second magnet are removable from the joystick surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Husain Yusuf Sirohiwala, William P. Taylor, Katherine Shamberger
  • Patent number: 11331505
    Abstract: An apparatus may be configured for documenting a code blue scenario when adhered to the chest of a subject undergoing resuscitation by sensing and transmitting information associated with the code blue scenario. Such information may include one or more of vital signs of the subject during resuscitation, information associated with chest movements of the subject during resuscitation, and audio information from an environment of the subject during resuscitation. A computing platform that is separate and distinct from the apparatus may provide code blue documentation conveying information related to the vital signs of the subject and derived from the audio information from the environment of the subject during resuscitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Ruey-Kang Chang
  • Patent number: 11326868
    Abstract: A position sensor system for determining a position of a sensor device relative to a magnetic structure, the system comprising: said magnetic structure comprising a plurality of non-equidistant poles; said sensor device comprising at least three magnetic sensors spaced apart over predefined distances; and the sensor device being adapted for: a) measuring at least three in-plane magnetic field components, and for calculating two in-plane field gradients therefrom; b) measuring at least three out-of-plane magnetic field components, and for calculating two out-of-plane field gradients therefrom; c) calculating a coarse signal based on these gradients; d) calculating a fine signal based on these gradients; e) determining said position based on the coarse signal and the fine signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventor: Yves Bidaux
  • Patent number: 11269022
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for using a magnetic controller to control a device. In one aspect, a system includes a magnetic controller external to a device, the magnetic controller including: a magnetic device for altering a surrounding magnetic field of a device; one or more input actuators, each operatively coupled to the magnetic device and that when actuated cause the magnetic device to alter the surrounding magnetic field according to a predefined change associated with the input actuator; and a model executable by the device and that models as device inputs the differences in the surrounding magnetic field of the device caused by the actuation of the one or more input actuators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Boris Smus, Christian Plagemann
  • Patent number: 11255737
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a ruggedized wafer level microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor includes a base and a cap. The MEMS force sensor includes a flexible membrane and a sensing element. The sensing element is electrically connected to integrated complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) circuitry provided on the same substrate as the sensing element. The CMOS circuitry can be configured to amplify, digitize, calibrate, store, and/or communicate force values through electrical terminals to external circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTINPUT, INC.
    Inventors: Ali Foughi, Ryan Diestelhorst, Dan Benjamin, Julius Minglin Tsai, Michael Dueweke
  • Patent number: 11162817
    Abstract: An apparatus is arranged for sensing a position of a target, in particular for offset invariant sensing of the position of the target is described, as well as the respective target and the method. The apparatus comprises at least two sensor elements. At least one sensor element of the at least two sensor elements generates a magnetic field. At least one other sensor element of the at least two sensor elements receives the magnetic field and outputs at least one signal associated with the received magnetic field. The target affects a coupling of a magnetic flux of the magnetic field between the at least one sensor element generating the magnetic field and the at least one other sensor element receiving the magnetic field and wherein the target is non-rotational invariant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MELEXIS TECHNOLOGIES SA
    Inventors: Samuel Huber Lindenberger, Javier Bilbao De Mendizabal, Jan-Willem Burssens, Wolfram Kluge, Jorg Rudiger, Kevin Fahrni
  • Patent number: 11149764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic cylinder comprising a body (1) having a wall (3) that defines a cylindrical cavity (2), with a cylindrical cavity axis (X), in which a piston (4) is movably mounted, said piston (4) separating said cylindrical cavity (2) into two tight chambers (5, 6) that are isolated from each other, the wall (3) of the body comprising at least two passages (7, 8) for introducing or discharging a fluid into each of said two chambers (5, 6). The cylinder also comprises two end walls (17, 18) and a rigid rod (32) which is secured to the piston (4) and coaxial with the cylindrical cavity (2), said rod (32) passing through a passage opening (20) provided in one of the two end walls (17, 18). The cylinder is characterised in that it comprises a position sensor (38) comprising a sensor head (39), a sensor rod (40) which is secured to the sensor head (39) and around which a magnet (41) is fitted, and a connector (42) connected to said sensor head (39).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hydraulique Production Systems
    Inventor: Jose Rodrigues Da Costa
  • Patent number: 11053795
    Abstract: A compressor having a front housing in which a crank chamber is formed. A cylinder block is coupled to an opposite surface facing the front housing and includes reciprocating pistons in a plurality of cylinder bores. A rear housing is coupled to an opposite surface facing the cylinder block, the rear housing includes a suction chamber and a discharge chamber formed therein. A rotating shaft 400 is inserted via centers of the front housing and the cylinder block, the shaft inserted into a swash plate. A diameter maintenance part is configured to constantly maintain a diameter based on an axis direction of the piston 220. A sensor part is configured to sense a speed and a stroke of the piston in accordance with a change in position of a position determination part positioned on one side of the diameter maintenance part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH, HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jung Myung Kwak, Yong Hee Kim, Daniel Domke, Simon Schemer, Peter Kurt Zawadzky