Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – Displacement
Patent
1997-11-10
1999-12-07
Strecker, Gerard
Electricity: measuring and testing
Magnetic
Displacement
73313, 73314, 73290V, 32420724, G01B 714, G01B 726, G01F 2330, G01F 2340
Patent
active
059989912
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a movable object along a magnetostrictive wire having first and second opposed ends. A first electrical excitation pulse is applied to a two-wire circuit including the magnetostrictive wire and propagates along the wire to the position of a movable magnet surrounding the wire. The magnet generates oppositely directed first and second torsional waves in the wire. One torsional wave propagates along the wire to a reflective termination at the second end of the wire and is reflected back toward the magnet where it interacts with the magnetic field of the magnet to induce a return electrical pulse in the two-wire circuit. The position of the magnet along the wire is determined from the time differential between the first and second electrical pulses in the two-wire circuit. In another embodiment, a second magnet is mounted in a fixed position about the wire and generates oppositely directed third and fourth torsional waves in response to the first excitation signal, one of which propagates along the wire toward the first magnet which induces an electromagnetic force in the two-wire circuit. A torsional wave generated by the first movable magnet in response to the excitation signal induces another electromotive force in the two-wire circuit when it propagates to the second magnet.
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