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Sensor for measuring the speed and/or position of a piston in relation to that of the cylinder it moves inside of in a dashpot or shock absorber
Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Bilstein GmbH
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Filing: 1991-11-15
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Granted: 1993-08-03
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Expires: 2011-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A sensor for measuring the speed and/or position of a piston in relation to that of the cylinder it moves inside of in a dashpot of shock absorber for motor vehicles. The sensor consists of a permanent magnet (10) connected to the cylinder (1) and of a sensor winding (9) in the form of a cylindrical coil that operates in conjunction with the magnet. The sensor winding has leads at the ends. Additional leads for a shorter winding component (7 and 8) extend out separately upstream of the ends of the sensor winding.
Inventors
- 👤 Zhen Huang
- 👤 Ludger Gesenhues
- 👤 Hans-Jurgen Hoffmann
- 👤 Klaus Schmidt
- 👤 Reinhard Holscher
- 👤 Thomas Kruner
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01P; G01P3/00; G01P3/42; G01P3/44; G01P3/48; G01P3/481; G01P3/487; B; B60; B60G; B60G17/00; B60G17/015; B60G17/019; B60G17/01933; F; F16; F16F; F16F9/00; F16F9/32; F16F9/3207; G01P3/50; G01P3/52; B60G2204/00; B60G2204/10; B60G2204/11; B60G2204/112; B60G2400/00; B60G2400/20; B60G2400/202; B60G2600/00; B60G2600/22; B60G2600/24; F16F2230/00; F16F2230/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
A sensor for measuring selectively speed and position of a piston relative to a cylinder in a dashpot for motor vehicles, comprising: a cylinder and a piston mounted on a piston rod movable within said cylinder, said cylinder being a first part and said piston and piston rod being a second part in said dashpot; a permanent magnet mounted on one of said first and second parts; a sensor winding mounted on the other one of said first and second parts and having a coreless cylindrical coil cooperating operatively with said magnet and having sensor leads; a first auxiliary coil with first leads, mounted on the other one of said first and second ports, at one end of said sensor winding; and a second auxiliary coil with second leads, mounted on the other one of said first and second parts, at another end of said sensor winding, relative motion between said piston and said cylinder producing linear relative motion between said magnet and said sensor winding and inducing a voltage in said cylindrical coil dependent on relative velocity between said magnet and said sensor winding due to relative motion between said piston and said cylinder, said first auxiliary winding and said second auxiliary winding being locates respectively at first and second end positions of travel of said piston, said magnet inducing voltages in said first auxiliary winding and said second auxiliary winding when reaching respectively said first and second end positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
A sensor for measuring selectively speed and position of a piston relative to a cylinder in a dashpot for motor vehicles, comprising: a cylinder and a piston mounted on a piston rod movable within said cylinder, said cylinder being a first part and said piston and piston rod being a second part in said dashpot; a permanent magnet mounted on one of said first and second parts; a sensor winding mounted on the other one of said first and second parts and having a coreless cylindrical coil cooperating operatively with said magnet and having sensor leads; a first auxiliary coil with first leads, mounted on the other one of said first and second ports, at one end of said sensor winding; and a second auxiliary coil with second leads, mounted on the other one of said first and second parts, at another end of said sensor winding, relative motion between said piston and said cylinder producing linear relative motion between said magnet and said sensor winding and inducing a voltage in said cylindrical coil dependent on relative velocity between said magnet and said sensor winding due to relative motion between said piston and said cylinder, said first auxiliary winding and said second auxiliary winding being locates respectively at first and second end positions of travel of said piston, said magnet inducing voltages in said first auxiliary winding and said second auxiliary winding when reaching respectively said first and second end positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, including a jacket with an inner surface connected to said piston rod, said sensor winding being connected to said inner surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, including a jacket of non-magnetic material with a wall connected to said piston rod, said sensor winding being mounted on said wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said cylindrical coil extends over the whole length of the sensor winding and said first and second auxiliary windings, said auxiliary windings having leads extending outward and located at ends of said sensor winding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein at least one of the leads in said sensor winding is connected to leads in said auxiliary windings.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary windings have more turns per unit of length than said sensor winding.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary windings have turns arranged in a plurality of layers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary windings have turns closer together than turns of said sensor winding.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said magnet comprises an annular array of individual magnets.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said magnet is an annular magnet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, wherein said magnet is radially polarized relative to said piston rod.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, including a mounting for said magnet and a mounting for said sensor winding forming a closed magnetic circuit with said magnet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
A sensor as defined in claim 1, including a mounting for said magnet and a mounting for said sensor winding forming a closed magnetic circuit with said magnet, said magnet being radially polarized relative to said piston rod and comprising an annular magnet surrounding said sensor winding.
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