Patents
Patents for G01D 5 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable (43,723)
12/1993
12/07/1993CA1324896C Primary and secondary optical sensor device
12/02/1993DE4318147A1 Processing circuit for magnetostrictive torque sensor in IC engine drive shaft - demodulates and integrates inverted signal of sensor attached to magnetostrictive shaft
12/02/1993DE4317718A1 Magnetoresistance element, esp. for measuring magnetic field - has patterned ferromagnetic magnetoresistance on substrate with bias film magnetised in specified direction
12/02/1993DE4217498A1 Angular position encoder - has encoding plate with incremental markings, and combines coarse and fine angle signals to produce absolute angle signal
12/02/1993DE4217292A1 Capacitive distance measurement between workpiece and machining head e.g. of laser cutter or welding machine - comparing distance sensor signal with value derived from earlier sensor signal, e.g. formed by periodic sampling
12/02/1993DE4216825A1 Encapsulated translational measurement system for machine tool position measurement - has sensor with drive pin sealed by sprung metal bands and additional sealing unit having elastic metal sealing pieces
12/02/1993DE4216467A1 Potentiometer for converting physical parameter to electrical form - has current fed into slider, ends connected to current-voltage converter and inverter forming normalised output
12/01/1993EP0572368A2 Phase discriminating capacitive array sensor system
12/01/1993EP0571886A1 Apparatus for measuring angular acceleration
11/1993
11/30/1993US5267014 Position and orientation measurement device
11/30/1993US5266917 Linear magnetic sensing device
11/30/1993US5266797 Opto-electronic sensor for the measurement of linear values using adjacent emitted-detector pair and focusing and deviating means
11/30/1993US5266796 Rotary encoding device using polygonal mirror with diffraction gratings on each facet
11/30/1993US5265637 Mechanical flexure for motion amplification and transducer with same
11/30/1993US5265522 Apparatus for signalling the operating condition of a cooking vessel
11/30/1993US5265479 Micro resonator
11/29/1993CA2096174A1 Phase discriminating capacitive array sensor system
11/25/1993WO1993023722A1 Linear position sensor with equalizing means
11/25/1993WO1993023720A1 Permanent magnet type position sensor and magnetism-sensitive probe
11/25/1993WO1993020535A3 Joystick
11/25/1993DE4217168A1 Absolute position sensor, esp. for vehicle throttle flap angle - has incremental sensors generating counting pulses and direction information from periodic markings, and uses other markings to produce serial signal containing absolute position information
11/25/1993DE4216512A1 Textile machinery preventing service unit advance on personnel - comprises automatic service unit stopping or reversing on encounter with person or object utilising capacitive sensor delivering signal
11/25/1993DE4215722A1 Membrane used in sensors - comprising membrane stretched by elastic connection in frame of single crystalline silicon@
11/25/1993DE4215702A1 Capacitive rotary angle encoder - contains interleaved stator and rotor plates with conductive surface coatings, one capacitor for excitation of other coarse and fine track to produce sinusoidal functions over full range of 360 deg..
11/24/1993EP0570870A2 Rotatable selector switch for mounting on a circuit board of an electrical apparatus
11/23/1993US5264915 Interferential measurement device for at least one direction of measurement
11/23/1993US5264844 Apparatus for detecting rotational angular position for internal combustion engine
11/23/1993US5264792 Hall effect position sensor with flux limiter and magnetic dispersion pole piece
11/23/1993US5263450 Control apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine
11/23/1993US5263258 Of a shaft
11/18/1993EP0570180A2 Method and apparatus for antirotation encoder interfaces
11/18/1993EP0569613A1 Device for non-contact establishment of rotary position or speed
11/18/1993EP0569434A1 A method and device for touch-free determination of the translatory or angular position of a body
11/18/1993DE4216327A1 Electronic spirit level - has tube contg. coloured liq. and optical fibre and has infrared light valves coupled to sound source which emits warning pulses at first rate when liq. reaches first light valve and at higher rate when second light valve is reached.
11/18/1993DE4216192A1 Locating corrugation peaks of profiled roof supports - using inductive or capacitive proximity switch separated from roof by distance adjusted for thickness of heat insulating underlayer.
11/18/1993DE4216058A1 Correcting position of top dead centre reference marker in IC engine - using pressure variation measurement relating to crankshaft angle without combustion operation at different positions of marker and calculating pressure differences.
11/18/1993DE4215671A1 Measuring sensor parameter-dependent impedance change e.g. for inductive path sensor - using calibration mode, in which start time is measured, after which signal reaches measurement region, and converting each signal to digital value when value at start of measurement region is exceeded.
11/18/1993DE4207493A1 Contactless temp. monitoring system for ferromagnetic vehicle brake disc - measures temp. dependent permeability in air gap of transformer, with min. permeability larger than one below Curie temp. and threshold permeability between min. and one, and compares actual and threshold values.
11/16/1993USRE34443 Apparatus magnetically detecting position or speed of moving body utilizing bridge circuit with series connected MR elements
11/16/1993CA1324431C Potentiometer position switch circuit
11/11/1993WO1993022689A1 Simplified optic speed sensor
11/11/1993WO1993022688A1 Device for measuring rotary movements
11/11/1993WO1993022624A1 Optical displacement sensor
11/11/1993WO1993022623A1 Signal generating apparatus and method
11/11/1993WO1993022622A1 Monolithic integrated circuit for use within a linear variable differential transformer
11/11/1993WO1993022621A1 Voltage modulation rotor/stator device particularly for brushless electric motor
11/11/1993WO1993022615A1 Apparatus for detecting relative movement
11/11/1993WO1993022090A1 Tool head for use in machine-tools
11/11/1993DE4314295A1 Tool head for installation in machine tool - has adjustable slider carrying tool or tool carrier, capacitive measurement structure formed by radially-inner and radially-outer plates and carrying structures.
11/11/1993DE4215167A1 Fibre optical arrangement for motor vehicle - uses reflex signals to identify stations and carry state parameter values
11/11/1993CA2134965A1 Monolithic integrated circuit for use within a linear variable differential transformer
11/10/1993EP0470168B1 Optical fibre sensor system
11/10/1993CN1022711C Location sighting device of capacity type in gride shape
11/09/1993US5260769 Position detector
11/09/1993US5260665 In-line fluid monitor system and method
11/09/1993US5260651 Travel measuring system for measuring a position relationship of one body relative to another body
11/09/1993US5260650 Method and apparatus for detecting low rotational speeds using a resolver
11/09/1993US5260633 Shaft rotational status indicator
11/09/1993US5260568 Absolute position detector with diffraction grating windows and spot position detection
11/09/1993US5260566 Self-powered fiber optic microbend sensors
11/09/1993US5259567 Optical device for measuring the roll angle of a projectile
11/09/1993CA1324195C Capacitive incremental position measurement and motion control
11/04/1993DE4214697A1 Electrical sensor component for measuring rotation, torsion, flexing and displacement - comprises deformable flexible housing contg. fluid electrolyte and electrical resistance having known value in undeformed state when current passes from external circuit through electrolyte.
11/03/1993EP0567683A1 Device for determining the excitation voltage amplitude of a resolver
11/02/1993US5258931 Precision electronic absolute and relative position sensing device and method of using same
11/02/1993US5258861 Reflection type hologram scale
11/02/1993US5258737 Potentiometer
11/02/1993US5258614 Optical fiber loop temperature sensor
11/02/1993CA1323916C Apparatus for remotely determining the angular orientation, speed and/or direction of rotary objects
10/1993
10/28/1993WO1993021639A1 X-y table apparatus
10/28/1993WO1993021535A1 Non-contact device for rpm measurement
10/28/1993WO1993021499A1 Absolute encoder
10/28/1993WO1993021496A1 Angle detection
10/28/1993WO1993020876A1 Electronic catheter displacement sensor
10/28/1993DE4313390A1 Capacitive detector for vehicle occupants - forms capacitor from ground and seat electrodes and senses failure of electrodes, processor and input signal processor using capacitance of input switching part.
10/27/1993EP0567215A1 Position encoder system
10/27/1993EP0566946A1 Magnetic rotary sensor
10/27/1993EP0566923A1 Device for the contactless measurement of the axial position of a rotating object
10/27/1993EP0457868B1 Arrangement for processing sensor signals
10/27/1993EP0192659B1 Distributed, spatially resolving optical fiber strain gauge
10/26/1993US5257210 Processor for processing sensor signals to obtain a desired transfer behavior
10/26/1993US5256873 Multiple station through beam photoelectric sensor
10/26/1993CA1323699C Method of detecting a position of a robot
10/26/1993CA1323504C Multiple-point temperature sensor using optic fibers
10/21/1993DE4212990A1 Absolute two-coordinate measuring system with angle of rotation determination - subdivides absolute coded reference surface into multiple coding fields and with one or more sensors for scanning reference surface in several coordinates
10/21/1993DE4212570A1 Optical position sensor with code panel position to be detected - has optical read out for reading detected code panel section which contains wide strip light source and unit for guiding light beam produced by it, also detector
10/20/1993EP0566369A1 Method for optically registering a datum position between two relatively movable components of a machine tool
10/20/1993EP0565584A1 Indicating devices and apparatus
10/20/1993CN1022508C Interpolator
10/19/1993US5254922 Rotational position detector for robot
10/19/1993CA1323206C Optic switch and speed sensor
10/14/1993WO1993020535A2 Joystick
10/14/1993WO1993020410A1 Variable area flowmeter
10/14/1993WO1993020409A1 Sensor-drive and signal-processing method______________________
10/14/1993WO1993020403A1 Location scale and optical reading sensor for reading said location scale
10/14/1993WO1993020346A1 A method for determining the rotational position of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine
10/14/1993DE4212281A1 Position-measuring appts. using spatially modulated gratings - produces different aperiodic waveforms from various functional dependences of local grating period on direction of modulation
10/14/1993DE4212066A1 Determn. of position of optical line esp. of headlamp - involves storage of pixel count dependent on comparison of row signal with preceding peak subject to percentage weakening
10/14/1993DE4211704A1 Meßanordnung zur berührungslosen Drehzahlerfassung Measuring device for non-contact speed sensing
10/14/1993DE4211616A1 Contactless inductive or eddy current rotation angle measurement appts. for IC engine throttle flap positioner - forms interfitting projection and recess on shaft coupler and plastic sleeve with clearance.