Target design for geartooth sensor with minimal number of unique segments combined in nonrepeating fashion
US6172500A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01D5/2495
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A geartooth target providing a consistent magnetic signal for each feature type with unambiguously readable features has three unique 30.degree. segments, each segment ending with a falling edge transition, the segments placed to have a unique pattern of segments every 90.degree..
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