Electrically Energized Patents (Class 324/207.16)
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Publication number: 20140203800Abstract: An inductive detection type rotary encoder comprises: a stator; and a rotor that is engaged with a rotation shaft to rotate along with the rotation shaft and faces the stator in an axial direction. The stator comprises at least two transmission windings and reception windings that are disposed from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side, and the rotor comprises at least two magnetic flux coupling bodies that are respectively magnetic flux coupled with these at least two transmission windings and reception windings to configure angle detection tracks. Furthermore, inner peripheral side reception windings and outer peripheral side reception windings are connected in series, and are led out by lead-out wirings commonly used in the inner peripheral side reception windings and the outer peripheral side reception windings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATIONInventor: Kouji Sasaki
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Publication number: 20140191750Abstract: A sensor for locating metal objects has coils or coil parts which form at least one transmitting coil (5.1) and at least one receiving coil (7.1) which are inductively coupled to one another and are arranged such that said coils partially overlap for the purpose of interaction decoupling, wherein optimum cancellation of the interaction can be achieved. Sensor electronics are provided for energizing the transmitting coil and for evaluating a reception signal (10.6) from the receiving coil. As a result of the fact that the transmitting coil (5.1) and the receiving coil (7.1) substantially have an identical coil shape and are arranged such that said coils are rotated and/or offset with respect to one another, wherein a plurality of symmetrically arranged, overlapping regions (8.4) are formed, a sensor which provides a greater range and extended possibilities for installation in conventional industrial sensor housings is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventor: Gerd Reime
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Patent number: 8773115Abstract: An electromagnetic field sensor assembly for blade tip clearance measurement in a gas turbine engine is disclosed that includes a ceramic sensor body, a multi-layered wire coil wound about a distal end portion of the sensor body for producing an electromagnetic field, a ceramic well enclosing the sensor body and the coil, and a metallic housing surrounding the well and having an open distal end.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Oxford RF Sensors LimitedInventors: Richard W. Phillips, Chad P. Stay, Martin Harrison, Peter Wherritt
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Publication number: 20140184206Abstract: A device for determining motion parameters includes a magnetic multipole that generates an alternating magnetic field, at least one magnetic sensor for measuring the magnetic field of the magnetic multipole, and an evaluation and control unit for evaluating the signals from the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor includes a magnetizable core, a drive coil, and a measuring coil. The evaluation and control unit charges the drive coil with a periodic drive signal so as to bring about a periodic magnetic reversal of the core and detects the points in time at which the magnetic reversals occur in the core. Based on the points in time at which the magnetic reversals occur, the evaluation and control unit determines a current value of the effective magnetic field of the magnetic multipole within a defined measuring range representing a range around a zero crossing of the magnetic field of the magnetic multipole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Welsch, Frank Schatz
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Patent number: 8754638Abstract: A resolver includes three resolver coils, which are arranged spaced apart in a circumferential direction of a rotor, and an excitation coil that generates a magnetic field to induce voltages in the resolver coils when receiving electric power. When the magnetic fields provided from the excitation coil to the three resolver coils are changed through rotation of the rotor, the voltages induced in the resolver coils are changed. This causes each of the three resolver coils to output three-phase signals having amplitude that changes in a sinusoidal manner with respect to the rotational angle of the rotor. The angular intervals between the corresponding adjacent pairs of the first to third resolver coils in the circumferential direction of the rotor are defined as first, second, and third division angles. Specifically, the first to third division angles are set to values different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Kichise
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Publication number: 20140159708Abstract: A measurement device is provided. The measurement device comprises a ring-shaped base and multiple sensing elements. The sensing elements are symmetrically disposed on the ring-shaped base. Each sensing element comprises a circumferential groove, an axial groove and a coil. The axial groove is connected to the circumferential groove. The coil is surrounded within the circumferential groove and extended along the axial groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Deng-Mao WANG, Chong-Xian SU, Chung-Hsien LIN
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Publication number: 20140159707Abstract: A magnetic field sensor assembly includes a hollow cylindrical core, conductive material and at least first and second lead wires. The hollow cylindrical core is made of ferromagnetic material and has a proximal end and a distal end. The conductive material is disposed around the hollow cylindrical core and forms at least one turn of a coil that has at least one start terminal and at least one finish terminal. The first and second lead wires pass through the center of the hollow cylindrical core and the first lead wire is connected to the start terminal thereby forming a first termination and the second lead wire is connected to the finish terminal thereby forming a second termination. The first and second terminations are positioned within the hollow cylindrical core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Ascension Technology CorporationInventor: Westley S. Ashe
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Patent number: 8729887Abstract: A rotation angle sensor comprises: a resolver stator including an excitation coil for receiving an excitation signal and a detection coil (a sine wave coil and a cosine wave coil) for outputting a detection signal; and a resolver rotor rotatably placed to face the stator. The resolver stator is formed on a stator flat plate. The resolver rotor is made of a flat-shaped rotor flat plate. The stator flat plate and the rotor flat plate are placed in parallel to face each other. The rotor flat plate is formed with a cutout.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinya Suzuki, Takehide Nakamura, Tomoaki Inoue, Ryojiro Kanemitsu
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Patent number: 8723509Abstract: Magnetic tracking systems and methods for determining the position and orientation of a remote object. A magnetic tracking system includes a stationary transmitter for establishing a reference coordinate system, and at least one receiver. The remote object is attached to, mounted on, or otherwise coupled to the receiver. The transmitter can include a set of three mutually perpendicular coils having a common center point, or a set of three coplanar coils with separate centers. The receiver can include a set of three orthogonal coils. The position and orientation of the receiver and the remote object coupled thereto is determined by measuring the nine mutual inductances between the three transmitter coils and the three receiver coils. The magnetic tracking system provides reduced power consumption, increased efficiency, digital compensation for component variation, automatic self-calibration, automatic synchronization with no connections between transmitter and receiver, and rapid low-cost implementation.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Brown UniversityInventors: William R. Patterson, III, Harvey F. Silverman, Kenneth J. Silverman
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Publication number: 20140125326Abstract: A resolver can have a stator and a housing fixed without requiring a special jig. The resolver includes a housing in an approximately cylindrical shape, a stator core in an approximately annular shape fixed to the inside of the housing, in which an exciting coil and a detecting coil are wound therearound, and a rotor arranged on the inside of the stator core, wherein the stator core is fixed to the housing by a C-shaped ring, a groove extending in a circumferential direction is provided on the inside of the housing, and the stator core is fixed to the housing by engaging the C-shaped ring with the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki OCHIAI
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Publication number: 20140117979Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a proximity sensor having a coil (15) for generating a magnetic field and a sensor circuit (62) for detecting variations of the magnetic field caused by an external object, the sensor circuit (62) comprising at least one semiconductor component (36, 37, 67, 69, 70, 71) mounted on a circuit board (17), wherein the coil (15) and the circuit board (17) are arranged in a housing (2) through which the magnetic field is transmittable. In order to improve the resistance of the proximity sensor against harmful external influences, such as high temperatures, and to prolong its life cycle, the invention suggests that the semiconductor component (36, 37, 67, 69, 70, 71) is included in an enclosure (20) that is hermetically sealed and fixed on a surface (18, 19) of the circuit board (17).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventor: Peter HEIMLICHER
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Patent number: 8710826Abstract: Systems and methods for sensing external magnetic fields in implantable medical devices are provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an apparatus for sensing magnetic fields. An apparatus embodiment includes a sensing circuit with at least one inductor having a magnetic core that saturates in the presence of a magnetic field having a prescribed flux density. The apparatus embodiment also includes an impedance measuring circuit connected to the sensing circuit. The impedance measuring circuit is adapted to measure impedance of the sensing circuit and to provide a signal when the impedance changes by a prescribed amount. According to an embodiment, the sensing circuit includes a resistor-inductor-capacitor (RLC) circuit. The impedance measuring circuit includes a transthoracic impedance measurement module (TIMM), according to an embodiment. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Karl Gauglitz, Thomas M. Bocek, Mark Rutzer, Lorin W. Matthews, William E. Reagor, Blair Erbstoeszer
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Patent number: 8692542Abstract: A VR resolver with a shaft angle multiplier of 3× has a rotor core 104 that is provided with magnetic poles 104a and 104b, which project in a radial direction, and a magnetic pole 104c, which does not project in a radial direction. The VR resolver also has a stator core 101 provided with salient poles 102c and 102e that are wound with a cosine wave detection wire and that are connected. A zero point detecting terminal is led from the cosine wave detection wire between the cosine winding wound portions of the salient poles 102c and 102e. The zero point detecting terminal provides a voltage waveform. By setting a threshold value for the voltage waveform, an absolute angle of the rotor core 104 is measured.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Mineba Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mutsumi Matsuura, Takaaki Ochiai
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Patent number: 8692541Abstract: A position sensing head combines a sensing element and a simplified electronic module to enable operation with one wire, in addition to a circuit common, for providing power and transmitting a signal, while separating the sensing head from signal conditioning circuits by over 10 meters. The simplicity of the electronic module allows the use of basic electronic components that operate at more than 225° C. The signal is a variable frequency impressed onto the one wire, which can be read by a frequency meter. Another signal, such as a position or temperature, can be impressed onto the one wire at the same time as the first signal. The second signal is of a different frequency range so that it will not interfere with the first. A demodulator circuit can separate the two signals. The sensing element construction allows for locating up to three active elements measuring the same target.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventors: David Scott Nyce, Leonard Hillel Goldman
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Publication number: 20140091786Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an inductive proximity switch, in which an enclosure is formed from a single piece of a non-ferromagnetic metal and electronic components are inserted into the enclosure, and to a corresponding proximity switch. The electronic components comprise a coil configured to be supplied with transmitting current pulses and a processing circuit configured to generate an output signal based on received voltages induced in the coil after the duration of the transmitting current pulses. In order to fabricate a proximity switch with an improved robustness by maintaining its proper functionality, the invention suggests that forming of the enclosure comprises the step of deep drawing a sheet of the non-ferromagnetic metal to a tubular element with a front wall covering its front end and a side wall delimiting an inner space for receiving the electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventor: Peter Heimlicher
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Patent number: 8674685Abstract: A magnetic flux position sensor includes a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a magnetic flux conductor. The primary coil generates a magnetic flux and the secondary coil senses magnetic flux. The primary and secondary coils are substantially concentric and spaced apart by an annular passage. The annular passage has first and second ends, and the magnetic flux conductor is slidable from the first end to the second end of the annular passage. The magnetic flux transferred from the primary coil to the secondary coil varies as a function of position of the magnetic flux conductor.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Bruce Paradise
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Publication number: 20140070672Abstract: A variable reluctance resolver including a resolver stator having an annular resolver stator core surrounding an axis, a resolver rotor rotatable about the axis relative to the resolver stator and surrounded by the resolver stator core, and resolver EMI shielding. The resolver EMI shielding includes first and second resolver shields disposed on opposite axial sides of the resolver stator core. The resolver shielding has a relative permeability of at least about 50. Also, an electric machine having such a variable reluctance resolver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventor: Richard Gale
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Patent number: 8665211Abstract: A position detecting device is provided, which is configured to minimize leakage of magnetic flux in an electromagnetic induction system. The position detecting device includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of first loop coils arranged in a first direction and a plurality of second loop coils arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a yoke sheet provided on a side of the sensor unit that is opposite to a side that faces a position indicator; an auxiliary loop coil provided at a corner part of the sensor unit; a signal transmitter configured to transmit a signal to one of the coils in order to generate a magnetic field to induce an induced current in a coil of the position indicator; and a controller configured to select one of the coils, and to control whether to transmit a signal from the signal transmitter to the selected one of the coils or to make the selected one of the coils receive a signal from the position indicator.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyuki Kitahara, Ke Chao
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Patent number: 8664959Abstract: There is provided a method for measuring abnormality detection parameters of a disconnect switch, comprising: releasably connecting a first sensor to the disconnect switch, the first sensor adapted to measure a first parameter related to a position of an arm of the disconnect switch, the disconnect switch comprising a rotating actuation element operatively connected to the arm for moving the arm between a closed position and an open position; releasably connecting a second sensor to the rotating actuation element, the second sensor adapted to measure a second parameter related to a torque of the rotating actuation element; moving the arm using the actuation element; measuring and storing in memory the first and second parameters while the arm is moving; and disconnecting the first and second sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: EHT International Inc.Inventors: Patrick Lalongé, Gilles Lanthier, David Gaudreault
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Patent number: 8631168Abstract: A television includes at least two ports (e.g. HDMI ports). The television polls the ports before presenting a user interface that displays some or all of the ports and before toggling between any two of the ports. The polling ascertains whether a device is connected to each of the ports and whether the device is powered. The television modifies the display and/or toggling based on the current state of each port. For example, in toggling, ports that are not connected and ports that are connected to inactive devices are skipped. In another example, when displaying a list of ports, only those ports that are connected to devices appear in the list.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Vizio Inc.Inventor: Metthew Blake McRae
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Publication number: 20140002064Abstract: A stator includes: a core formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets; and an excitation coil and a detection coil which are wound around teeth provided at the core. The core includes a peripheral section which is disposed to surround the rotor and a detection section which is disposed at the interior of the peripheral section and has the teeth. When the magnetic steel sheets are laminated, each of the magnetic steel sheets forming the core includes a portion which constitutes the peripheral section and a portion which constitutes the detection section. The detection section is substantially U-shaped, and both sides of the U-shape become a pair of teeth which form one phase. A base portion of the substantially U-shape of the detection section connects. with the peripheral section, and gaps are provided between the peripheral section and a part of the base portion which is the root of the teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Soichi Kawamura, Motozumi Yura, Shinji Shibata
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Publication number: 20130328516Abstract: A method for detecting a position of a movable element of a drive apparatus by means of a position detection apparatus comprising at least one field coil and at least one secondary coil associated with the field coil, wherein an electrical excitation pulse is applied to the field coil in order to induce an electrical voltage in the secondary coil, a secondary coil voltage is measured and the position of the movable element is determined on the basis of the measured secondary coil voltage. The invention also relates to a position detection apparatus and/or a drive apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Beckhoff Automation GmbHInventors: Uwe Prüssmeier, Jan Achterberg, Tim Kaulmann, Manuel Bettenworth, Jan-Hendrik Bade
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Patent number: 8587293Abstract: A simple position determination is enabled by a device and a method to determine the position of a local coil in a magnetic resonance apparatus, wherein at least one signal emitted by at least one transmission coil is received by the local coil and is evaluated with a position determination device in order to determine the position of the local coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stephan Biber, Thorsten Feiweier, Wolfgang Renz
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Patent number: 8570028Abstract: A transducer has a magnetic field concentrating member a first coil to couple with a first portion of the magnetic field concentrating member positioned adjacent the first coil and a second coil to couple with a second portion of the magnetic field concentrating member positioned adjacent the second coil, the second portion being spaced along the magnetic field concentrating member from the first portion. The transducer comprises a resonator having a coil wound around a portion of said magnetic field concentrating member which is located between said first and second portions. The transducer is arranged so that the electromagnetic coupling between the resonator and at least one of the first and second coils varies as a function of the relative position between the elongate field concentrating member and that coil. In this way, separate processing electronics can process the signals obtained from the transducer to determine the desired position information.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Cambridge Integrated Circuits LimitedInventor: David Thomas Eliot Ely
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Patent number: 8558538Abstract: An electromagnetic field sensor assembly for blade tip clearance measurement in a gas turbine engine is disclosed that includes a ceramic sensor body, a multi-layered wire coil wound about a distal end portion of the sensor body for producing an electromagnetic field, a ceramic well enclosing the sensor body and the coil, and a metallic housing surrounding the well and having an open distal end.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Oxford RF Sensors LimitedInventors: Richard W. Phillips, Chad P. Stay, Martin Harrison, Peter Wherritt
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Patent number: 8558541Abstract: A monitoring system including rubber magnets 41 to 44 provided inside of a belt 1, and magnetic sensors 51 and 52 provided outside of the belt 1, and magnetic forces generated by the rubber magnets 41 to 44 are detected by the magnetic sensors 51 and 52, thereby detecting a condition of the belt 1, wherein the magnetic sensors 51 and 52 are configured using MI sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Kazuya Furukawa, Yukinobu Nishikita
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Publication number: 20130249537Abstract: A solenoid valve having a condition monitoring unit, and a method of condition monitoring this solenoid valve are specified. A core of the solenoid valve can be shifted with respect to a holding coil 4 and a measuring coil. A reading voltage is applied to the measuring coil, and the current intensity of a current flowing through the measuring coil is determined at a first and a second time. The first measuring is performed during a switching-on or switching-off operation of the current flowing through the measuring coil. The second measuring is performed when the current intensity of the current flowing through the measuring coil 6 has reached a stationary condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: BUERKERT WERKE GMBHInventors: Sebastian Kahl, Jochen Schenkel
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Patent number: 8542006Abstract: A solenoid current monitoring circuit of a solenoid actuator includes a solenoid drive board configured to receive a control signal, a sensing resistor configured to detect a current signal of a solenoid coil of the actuator resulting from the control signal, and a differentiator configured to differentiate the current signal. The solenoid current monitoring circuit detects the movement of the solenoid actuator based on a change in the differentiated current signal caused by a change in inductance of the solenoid coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Hydril USA Manfacturing LLCInventor: Zhen Liu
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Patent number: 8531182Abstract: A control system for use in safety critical human/machine control interfaces is described, more particularly a joystick type control system and particularly a joystick type control system utilizing magnetic positional sensing. The control system provides a control input device having a movable magnet, a pole-piece frame arrangement positioned about the magnet, at least three magnetic flux sensors being positioned in said pole-piece frame arrangement and a monitoring arrangement for monitoring the output signal of each of said at least three sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Penny & Giles Controls LimitedInventor: Dev Kumar Banerjee
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Publication number: 20130215728Abstract: A rotation control apparatus includes: a controller configured to supply test currents to a plurality of different paths of a motor when the motor is stopped; and a stop position detector configured to detect a rotational position of the motor based on an order of current values of the test currents. The controller causes one of the test currents to flow through one of the plurality of different paths, measure time taken until the corresponding detection voltage reaches a reference voltage, and set electrical conduction time of the test currents based on a result of the measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventor: ROHM CO., LTD.
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Publication number: 20130207647Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a rotor position of a rotatory, multi-phase, electronically commutated electric machine (1). Said electric machine (1) comprises several phase windings (4) which can be supplied with current by means of phase connectors. Said method consists of the following steps: phase currents and phase connections are identified on phase connections of the electric machine (1); the induced currents on the phase connections of the electric machine (1) are determined from the identified phase currents and phase flows; the identified current indicator of the induced current is provided with respect to a Cartesian coordination system which is fixed to a stator by the induced currents; the position of the rotor is identified as a space indicator angle of the current indicator of the induced current provided with respect to the Cartesian coordination system which is fixed to the stator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: David Fricker, Alexander Reiss
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Publication number: 20130200884Abstract: A position sensor includes: a stator including an excitation coil and a detection coil each formed in planar shape; and a mover placed to face the stator and provided with a plurality of regions having different magnetic permeability and being arranged periodically in a moving direction of the mover. The excitation coil includes a first excitation coil pattern and a second excitation coil pattern formed adjacent to the first excitation coil pattern. The detection coil includes a detection coil pattern placed between the first excitation coil pattern and the second excitation coil pattern in the moving direction of the mover. The second excitation coil pattern is wound to flow an excitation current in an opposite direction to the first excitation coil pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Publication number: 20130193957Abstract: A brushless axial flux electromagnetic resolver comprising a stator carrying output and excitation windings and an inductive rotor having two substantially annular members arranged substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, wherein each of the annular members has a lobe which is helically skewed along the rotor and wherein the lobes of the annular members are angularly offset from one another to provide a discontinuity in the helical skew between the annular members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: AMETEK AIRTECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITEDInventor: Dawei Zhou
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Publication number: 20130181699Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system that includes a turbomachine blade monitoring system having an eddy current proximity probe assembly. The eddy current proximity probe assembly includes an eddy current proximity probe having a probe tip and a probe tip shroud disposed about the probe tip, wherein the probe tip shroud comprises a non-metallic material. The eddy current proximity probe is configured to provide a signal indicative of a presence of a turbomachine blade, wherein the eddy current proximity probe assembly is configured to be disposed within a turbomachine casing. The turbomachine blade monitoring system also includes a monitor coupled to the eddy current proximity probe assembly, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor a parameter of the turbomachine blade based on the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kristoffer Wayne Wickstead, Samuel Thomas Walter Francis, Jesse Lewis Hanna, Sherrie Ann Clark
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Patent number: 8489015Abstract: The design and use of a simplified, highly efficient, waveguide-based wireless distribution system are provided. A low-loss waveguide is used to transport wireless signals from a signal source or sources to one or more receiver locations. One or more adjustable signal coupling devices partially insert into the waveguide at predetermined locations along the length of the system to provide variable, controlled extraction of one or more wireless signals. Low-loss impedance matching circuitry is provided between the waveguide coupling devices and output connectors to maintain high system efficiency and the capability of supplying signals of high strength and quality to a large number of receivers in a wide wireless coverage area via a plurality of signal radiators. Some embodiments of the system are adaptable for wireless distribution service in HVAC plenum spaces while others disclose the combined functions of fire extinguishing and waveguide wireless distribution.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Wireless Expressways Inc.Inventor: Charles D. Becker
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Publication number: 20130162243Abstract: A variable reluctance resolver has a stator combined with a housing. The resolver does not require extra space in a case for a device, into which the resolver is mounted, and it is easily coaxially mounted to the device. The resolver includes a ring-like stator 10, a rotor 20, and a housing 30. The stator 10 has a stator core 100, a first insulator 110, a second insulator 120, and coils 130. The stator core 100 is provided with plural salient poles 101. The first insulator 110 and the second insulator 120 hold the stator core 100 therebetween from both sides of the stator core 100. The coils 130 are wound to the salient poles 101 via the first insulator 110 and the second insulator 120. The housing 30 accommodates the stator 10. The first insulator 110 is coaxially integrally formed with the housing 30.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Minebea Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130157721Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for positioning at least two devices, a first and a second device relative each other. The method comprises: transmitting a number of magnetic pulses with the first device, detecting said pulses with the second device, based on said detected pulses generating a number of virtual planes, and determining a crossing line between said planes corresponding to a direction between said devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ABInventors: Martin Nyström, Magnus Helgstrand
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Publication number: 20130141084Abstract: An electromagnetic input device includes a handheld magnetized stylus, an electromagnetic input panel including an induction layer, a controller, and a storage device. The induction layer includes a plurality of closed-loop inductor coils which output an induced current when experiencing the magnetic flux of the stylus. The storage device stores a pre-determined table recording mapping relationship between location coordinates of the stylus on the electromagnetic input panel in each of the inductor coils, and intensities of the corresponding induced current generated therein. The controller determines which inductor coil generates the induced current, and the intensity of the induced current, and further determines the location of the stylus on the electromagnetic input panel based upon determined inductor coil which generates the induced current and the intensity of the induced current generated therein, and the pre-determined table.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.Inventors: KUAN-HONG HSIEH, CHIU-HSIUNG LIN, WEI-GUO XIAO, YI-YING CHEN
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Publication number: 20130119978Abstract: An inductive sensor device for detecting a magnetic field change caused by an object approaching in the region of an influencing side of the inductive sensor device includes at least one coil system having a transmitting coil fed with alternating current and first and second receiving coils. The two receiving coils are connected in series in opposite senses, the first receiving coil is disposed in front of the transmitting coil and the second receiving coil is disposed behind the transmitting coil, relative to the influencing side. A screen is provided behind the second receiving coil relative to the influencing side. An inductive proximity sensor with an inductive sensor device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Rainer Freise
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Publication number: 20130094966Abstract: An apparatus, for example for a pitch change mechanism, includes a cylinder having a magnetic portion defining an annular array of features extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, the cylinder rotating in use and able to translate longitudinally. There is a sensing arrangement including a stationary magnetised core and two coils connected in series and wound around the core. In use, the cylinder rotates and current is induced in the coils. Monitoring equipment is arranged to calculate rotational speed of the cylinder from the frequency of the current and to calculate longitudinal position from the relative amplitude of the current in each coil. Also a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLCInventors: Jonathan E. Holt, Stephen G. Garner, Mark J.E. Bellis
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Publication number: 20130093294Abstract: An integrated rotary transformer and resolver and a motor including an integrated rotary transformer and resolver is provided. The integrated rotary transformer and resolver may include, but is not limited to, a stator having an outer surface and a plurality of slots disposed along the outer surface, a plurality of sensing coils, the plurality of sensing coils disposed in at least some of the plurality of slots, a rotor having a surface varying from a first predetermined thickness to a second predetermined thickness, and a controller electrically coupled to the plurality of sensing coils and configured to determine a position of the rotor based upon a voltage induced in each of the coils due to a relative thickness of the rotor opposed to the respective sensing coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: SEOK-JOO JANG, PETER J. SAVAGIAN, CONSTANTIN C. STANCU
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Patent number: 8421447Abstract: An electromagnetic induction type rotary encoder includes an excitation board including an excitation coil, a detection board fixed to a movable element to face the excitation board and including a detection coil placed to face the excitation coil with a clearance therefrom, and a controller for outputting an excitation signal to the excitation coil and processing a detection signal output from the detection coil. The controller includes an excitation circuit for exciting the excitation coil at high frequency and a high-frequency generating circuit, a demodulation circuit for demodulating a signal from the detection coil in accordance with excitation to the excitation coil, a waveform shaping circuit for waveform shaping a signal from the demodulation circuit, and a pulse generating circuit for outputting a pulse signal based on the signal from the waveform shaping circuit. Each of the excitation coil and the detection coil is formed in a meandering coil pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuji Inoue
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Patent number: 8415945Abstract: A sheet coil type resolver includes: a stator section in which a stator transformer coil composed of first and second stator transformer coil layers is disposed to axially overlap with a resolver stator coil composed of first and second resolver stator coil layers; and a rotor section in which a rotor transformer coil composed of first and second rotor transformer coil layers is disposed to axially overlap with a resolver rotor coil composed of first and second resolver rotor coil layers, whereby the axial dimension is reduced, lead wires can be easily led out from the coils, and high reliability is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujita, Takado Fukuda, Takaaki Ochiai
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Patent number: 8410775Abstract: A base station (e.g., a central device including a transducer assembly of one or more orthogonal transducers) transmits a magnetic field at a known power level and direction. The magnetic field signal includes data information transmitted from the base station to a movable remote station. The remote station includes a transducer assembly of one or multiple transducer coils to receive the magnetic field generated by the base station. Location and orientation of the remote station (with respect to the base station) are determined based on the magnitude, amplitude, and/or phase of magnetic field signals received on each of the remote station's transducers. The remote station may transmit the location and orientation information (e.g., raw measured data or converted data) to the base station using the same coils as used by the remote station to receive the magnetic field generated by the base station.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Radeum, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey R. LaFranchise, Vincent Palermo, Charles M. Marshall
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Publication number: 20130069475Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic coil structure for being mounted on a magnetic core. Such a magnetic core is for instance a part of a rotating electric machine or of a magneto electronic angle sensor. The present invention further relates to a belonging magnetic core and to a magneto electronic angle sensor, in particular a reluctance resolver. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for fabricating such an angle sensor. The coil structure (106) comprises at least one electrically conductive winding formed as a flat conductive track (110), and at least one flexible electrically insulating carrier (112) for carrying said winding. Said coil structure has at least one opening (108) for receiving a magnetic flux guiding element (104) of said core. The circumferential surface of the core whereto said electromagnetic coil structure (106) is mounted has a polygonal shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS BELGIUM EC BVBAInventors: Tom Ocket, Guus Mertens, Jan Van Cauwenberge, Marc Van Tomme
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Publication number: 20130068978Abstract: An inductive non-contact rotation angle sensor used in a motor-driven throttle valve unit is such that a circuit substrate to which a stationary conductor and an electronic circuit are attached is secured to a resin cover without the use of an adhesive. A TPS substrate as the circuit substrate and an electric conductor are electrically connected to each other by pressure welding (press fit). The circuit substrate and the electric conductor can be formed of the same molding resin as a single molded body. Thus, it is not necessary to prepare another metallic conductor (a bonding wire) and also welding and soldering are eliminated. Further, since the TPS substrate is covered by the same material as cover resin, a process of bonding the substrate to the cover can be omitted, which allows for a reduction in manufacturing cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventors: Daisuke Hiranuma, Michimori Watanabe
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Patent number: 8395377Abstract: A vibration and condition monitoring system, with true digital signal processing based design, with very limited analog based general signal conditioning and integrated specific sensor conditioning in each module. In addition to the support for common eddy current probe systems, employing an external driver, the module also supports direct connection of an eddy current probe system to the module, due to a built-in driver and linearization functionality. Specific sensor signal conditioning is not dependent on hardware, but only on embedded software, firmware. There is full sensor input support in an I. S. environment. Not only the common sensor input types from accelerometer, velocity sensor, but also direct input for eddy current probe systems for both vibration and/or speed measurements. The module also comprises means to assess the type and correct functionality of an attached eddy current probe system (302, 303) by means of a frequency measurement and possibly an amplitude measurement.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventor: Raymond Huggett
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Publication number: 20130049742Abstract: In a variable reluctance resolver having terminal pins at an insulator, a technique for preventing deformation of the terminal pins, shorting between the terminal pins, and contact failure at portions of the terminal pins is provided. A first insulator 300 is formed together with a terminal pin base 311 on which terminal pins 320 are provided. The terminal pins 320 are connected with end portions of windings of a stator coil 500. A cover 330 is mounted on the terminal pin base 311 by covering, and resin is filled inside the cover 330. The resin is also applied to the stator coil 500. The resin filled inside the cover 330 seals the terminal pins 320, and the cover 330 protects the terminal pins 320.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki OCHIAI
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Publication number: 20130049741Abstract: A resolver includes three resolver coils, which are arranged spaced apart in a circumferential direction of a rotor, and an excitation coil that generates a magnetic field to induce voltages in the resolver coils when receiving electric power. When the magnetic fields provided from the excitation coil to the three resolver coils are changed through rotation of the rotor, the voltages induced in the resolver coils are changed. This causes each of the three resolver coils to output three-phase signals having amplitude that changes in a sinusoidal manner with respect to the rotational angle of the rotor. The angular intervals between the corresponding adjacent pairs of the first to third resolver coils in the circumferential direction of the rotor are defined as first, second, and third division angles. Specifically, the first to third division angles are set to values different from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi KICHISE
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Patent number: 8339126Abstract: A position-measuring device includes a measuring standard, on which at least one graduation track is applied, and a support member. Disposed on the support member is at least one exciter winding through which an excitation current is able to be conducted in order to generate an electromagnetic field, as well as at least one detector system for scanning the electromagnetic field, The position-measuring device further includes a capacitor which, together with the exciter winding, forms an LC oscillating circuit, an evaluation element and a switching element that is switchable by the evaluation element. The measuring standard and the support member are disposed in a manner allowing movement relative to each other, and in response to a movement of the measuring standard relative to the support member, the electromagnetic field is able to be influenced by the at least one graduation track.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbHInventors: Richard Izak, Johann Oberhauser, Robert Noichl