Measuring and testing – Dynamometers – Responsive to force
Patent
1994-01-26
1996-01-23
Chilcot, Richard
Measuring and testing
Dynamometers
Responsive to force
310 905, G01P 1500
Patent
active
054857481
ABSTRACT:
A magnetically levitated force/weight measurement apparatus includes a system core with a plurality of layered circular segments having apertures that define an internal chamber. The segments include, inter alia, upper and lower magnetic bearing segments, a coil segment and an optical detector segment, each of which cooperate to generate magnetic fields for levitating a mass disposed within the chamber. Levitation magnets, rigidly disposed within the mass along a center axis, are arranged such that similar poles are in facing relation. This novel arrangement generates a static magnetic field that radiates orthogonally and symmetrically from the mass and generates a force vector for levitating the mass along the center axis. Bearing magnets, disposed within the magnetic bearing segments, i.e., core bearing magnets, and the spool, i.e., spool bearing magnets, are also arranged such that the polar axes of the core bearing magnets are aligned in the same direction as the polar axes of their corresponding spool bearing magnets. A self-dampening optical and current feedback system ensures that, upon displacement of the spool along the center axis, the spool returns to a stable equilibrium position.
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Chilcot Richard
Dougherty Elizabeth L.
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