Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
Patent
1988-04-29
1989-04-11
Dobeck, Benjamin
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
180167, 336 79, G05D 100
Patent
active
048209619
ABSTRACT:
In a screened inductance sensor system having a drive winding energizable to set up an alternating magnetic drive field, a sense winding links the drive field and a screening element modulates the spatial distribution of the drive field, when in the vicinity of the sense winding. Variations in voltage induced in the sense winding provide an indication of the relative position of the screening element and the sense winding. The drive winding and the sense winding are accommodated in a displaceable portion of the sensor, and the screening element is fixedly located relative to the movable sensor portion. Modulation of the spatial distribution of the drive field occurs when the displaceable sensor portion is moved into the vicinity of the screening element. In application of the system to control of vehicles following a predetermined path, fixed screening elements may be located at spaced apart intervals along the path, where the vehicles are on tracks, to provide locational signals according as the vehicles pass these fixed screens. The system may also be applied to providing guidance and position information for a steerable vehicle, in which case two sense windings are used, one responsive to sidewise deviation from the intended path of travel, and the other sense winding providing a cycled output signal, which is counted to yield a measure of distance travelled.
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Dobeck Benjamin
Kollmorgen Corporation
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