Measuring and testing – Dynamometers – Responsive to torque
Patent
1995-02-24
1997-01-07
Chilcot, Richard
Measuring and testing
Dynamometers
Responsive to torque
73862333, 32420713, G01L 302
Patent
active
055919251
ABSTRACT:
A power sensor for providing an output signal indicative of the power transmitted by a rotating torqued member comprises a magnetoelastically active element for producing a magnetic field varying with the applied torque and a field modulating means for modulating the magnetic field in a periodic manner which is indicative of the speed of member rotation. A magnetic field vector sensor in the form of a coil senses the amplitude of the time rate of change of the modulated field for providing an output signal which is linearly indicative of the power transmitted by the rotating member. The field modulating means preferably comprises at least one ring having some uniformly spaced salient feature, such as gear-like teeth, around the periphery thereof. In one embodiment, the magnetoelastically active element comprises a ring of material endowed with an effective uniaxial magnetic anisotropy such that the circumferential direction is the easy axis, and magnetically polarized in a substantially circumferential direction. The ring is attached to the torqued member, such as a rotating shaft, so that application of a torque to the shaft is transmitted to the ring. In another embodiment, the magnetoelastically active portion includes two or more axially distinct, magnetically contiguous, oppositely polarized circumferential regions.
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Chilcot Richard
Dougherty Elizabeth L.
Friedman Stuart J.
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