Device including a supply line with a sensor line configured to measure a torsion of the supply line and a method for measuring the torsion of a supply line based on a capacitance of the sensor line

US11001157B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LEONI KABEL GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Janssen · Friesoythe, DE
• RAINER POEHMERER · Winkelhaid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2018
• Grant date: May 11, 2021
• Expiry date: May 14, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device has two machine parts that are movable relative to one another and are connected to each other by a supply line, along which a sensor line is mounted for measuring torsion of the supply line. The sensor line includes two conductors forming a conductor pair, which is stranded during production. The two conductors form a capacitor with a capacitance depending on the spacing between the two conductors. Depending on the direction of torsion of the supply line, the spacing between the two conductors is enlarged or reduced. The sensor line is connected to a measurement unit which is configured in such a way that a capacitance of the sensor line is measured, the torsion being ascertained using the capacitance.