Magnetostrictive linear position detector with reflection termin

Details Magnetostrictive linear position detector with reflection termin Magnetostrictive linear position detector with reflection termin

1989-12-08

1991-05-21

Strecker, Gerard R.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Magnetic

Displacement

333148, 73290V, 73314, 32420724, G01B 714, G01B 726, G01F 2330

Patent

active

050178679

ABSTRACT:
A magnetostrictive linear displacement detector with increased position resolution includes a magnetostrictive wire anchored at opposite head and foot ends with a reflection termination at the foot end and a damping termination at the head end. A return wire is connected to the foot end of the magnetostrictive wire. The magnetostrictive wire is electrically excited at its head end. A variable position to be detected is represented by a magnet disposed for displacement along the magnetostrictive wire. A torsional motion sensor at the head end generates an electrical indication of the torsional motion within the magnetostrictive wire induced by passage of the electrical excitation by the position of the magnet. The displacement is determined from the interval of time between the detection of the torsional motion traveling directly from the magnet and the detection of the torsional motion reflected from the reflection termination. The reflection termination preferably consists of a brass cylindrical torus having a hole through which said magnetostrictive wire is passed and attached via a set screw. In an alternative embodiment the magnetostrictive wire is torsionally excited and the responses are detected electrically.

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