Pumps – With signal – indicator – or inspection means
Patent
1999-03-24
2000-11-28
Thorpe, Timothy S.
Pumps
With signal, indicator, or inspection means
417 53, 731181, 73116, F04B 4900
Patent
active
061527025
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for sensing a parameter of a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump includes a housing and an input shaft. The shaft is rotationally driven relative to the housing and electrically coupled to the housing. The hydraulic pump forms a variable capacitor. The apparatus includes an electrode portion positioned adjacent to the input shaft and is electrically isolated from the housing and input shaft. The electrode portion and the input shaft form a fixed capacitor. The fixed capacitor and the variable capacitor are coupled. The apparatus supplies electrical energy to the electrode portion and produces a capacitive signal indicative of the capacitance value of the variable capacitor. The apparatus further applies a filter to the capacitive signal and produces a filtered capacitive signal. The parameter of the hydraulic pump is determined as a function of the filtered capacitive signal.
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Codina George
Murr Donna J.
Caterpillar Inc.
Lundquist Steve D.
Solak Timothy P.
Thorpe Timothy S.
Yee James R.
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