Torque sensor

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2009-09-29

2011-12-06

Caputo, Lisa (Department: 2855)

Measuring and testing

Dynamometers

Responsive to torque

C073S862333, C073S862325, C073S862331

Reexamination Certificate

active

08069736

ABSTRACT:
The present invention aims at detecting torque with a high degree of precision, by suppressing influences such as disturbance and rotation dependency. An output side cylinder is provided with a reference slit, and an input side cylinder is provided with a first detection slit and a second detection slit, which overlap the reference slit, the overlap amount between the first detection slit and the reference slit changing inversely with the overlap amount between the second detection slit and the reference slit, magnetic flux is applied from the inner side of the input side cylinder by a first drive coil and a second drive coil, a measuring circuit detects a phase difference between a phase of a detection signal for detecting the magnetic flux by a first detection coil provided on a position facing to the first detection slit on the outer side of the output side cylinder, and a phase of a detection signal for detecting the magnetic flux by a second detection coil provided on a position facing to the second detection slit on the outer side of the output side cylinder, and based on the phase difference, a torsion amount of the torsion bar is calculated. The directions of the magnetic flux generated by the first drive coil and second drive coil are opposite to each other.

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