System based on inductive coupling for sensing loads in a washing
machine by measuring angular acceleration
    122.
    发明授权
    System based on inductive coupling for sensing loads in a washing machine by measuring angular acceleration 失效
    基于感应耦合的系统,用于通过测量角加速度来感测洗衣机中的负载

    公开(公告)号:US5561991A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-08

    申请号:US491777

    申请日:1995-06-19

    IPC分类号: D06F39/00 D06F33/02

    CPC分类号: D06F39/003

    摘要: A system for sensing loads in a washing machine by measuring angular acceleration is provided. The washing machine includes a washer basket and an agitator that can be angularly accelerated about a spin axis during a predetermined dry spin cycle. The system includes a magnetic source, such as a permanent magnet, positioned in the agitator for producing a predetermined magnetic field. A magnetic sensor, made-up of inductive coils or solid state sensors, is positioned to be electromagnetically coupled to the magnetic source for supplying an output signal that varies in a predetermined manner as the agitator is angularly accelerated relative to the magnetic sensor. A signal processor is coupled to the magnetic sensor for receiving the output signal supplied by the magnetic sensor. The processor is designed and/or programmed for measuring loads in the washer basket based on the output signal received from the magnetic sensor while the agitator is angularly accelerated relative to the magnetic sensor upon initiating the dry spin cycle.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种通过测量角加速度来感测洗衣机中的负载的系统。 洗衣机包括垫圈篮和搅拌器,其可以在预定的干旋转循环期间围绕旋转轴线成角度地加速。 该系统包括位于搅拌器中的磁源,例如永磁体,用于产生预定的磁场。 由感应线圈或固态传感器组成的磁传感器被定位成电磁耦合到磁源,用于提供当搅拌器相对于磁传感器有角度加速时以预定方式变化的输出信号。 信号处理器耦合到磁传感器,用于接收由磁传感器提供的输出信号。 处理器被设计和/或编程用于基于从磁传感器接收的输出信号来测量洗衣机篮中的负载,同时当启动干旋转循环时,搅拌器相对于磁传感器角度加速。

    System based on inductive coupling for sensing loads in a washing machine
    123.
    发明授权
    System based on inductive coupling for sensing loads in a washing machine 失效
    基于感应耦合的系统,用于感应洗衣机中的负载

    公开(公告)号:US5497638A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-12

    申请号:US491776

    申请日:1995-06-19

    IPC分类号: D06F39/00 D06F37/00

    CPC分类号: D06F39/003

    摘要: A system for sensing loads in a washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a tub inside a cabinet. The tub encloses a washer basket and an agitator. The washing machine further includes a motor for rotating the basket and the agitator about a spin axis, and a suspension system for supporting the washer basket so that the washer basket travels along a travel axis based on the load in the washer basket. The system includes a magnetic source attached to a lateral section of the washer basket for producing a magnetic field. A sensor is attached to a predetermined lateral wall of the cabinet. The sensor is made up of first and second magnetic sensing elements situated to have a predetermined spacing between one another substantially along the travel axis. The first and second magnetic sensing elements are electromagnetically coupled to the magnetic source for supplying, respectively, first and second output signals as the washer basket rotates relative to the magnetic sensor. The system further includes a signal processor coupled to the magnetic sensor for receiving the first and second output signals supplied by the sensor. The signal processor is programmed for measuring load in the washer basket based on the first and second output signals received from the magnetic sensor.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种用于感测洗衣机中的负载的系统。 洗衣机在机柜内设有一个浴缸。 桶包围一个洗衣篮和搅拌器。 洗衣机还包括用于围绕旋转轴线旋转篮子和搅拌器的马达以及用于支撑垫圈篮的悬挂系统,使得垫圈篮基于垫圈篮中的载荷沿着行进轴线行进。 该系统包括附接到垫圈篮的横向部分以产生磁场的磁源。 传感器连接到机柜的预定侧壁。 传感器由第一和第二磁感应元件构成,第一和第二磁感应元件基本上沿着行进轴线彼此之间具有预定的间隔。 当第一和第二磁感应元件电磁耦合到磁源时,分别当第一和第二输出信号相对于磁传感器旋转时提供第一和第二输出信号。 该系统还包括耦合到磁传感器的信号处理器,用于接收由传感器提供的第一和第二输出信号。 信号处理器被编程用于基于从磁传感器接收的第一和第二输出信号来测量垫圈篮中的负载。

    Optical sensor for duct fan discharge mach numbers
    124.
    发明授权
    Optical sensor for duct fan discharge mach numbers 失效
    管道风扇放电机号的光学传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5463458A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-31

    申请号:US167009

    申请日:1993-12-16

    申请人: Ertugrul Berkcan

    发明人: Ertugrul Berkcan

    摘要: A Mach number sensor comprises a first pulse speed sensor situated in direct contact with an open area through which a first pressure pulse can pass and a second pulse speed sensor situated in a thermally conductive tube with membrane-covered ends having stationary air through which a second pressure pulse can pass. Each of the first and second pulse speed sensors may comprise two total internal reflection detectors and a timer for determining elapsed time for passage of the pressure pulse between the two detectors. Each of the total internal reflection detectors can be selected from the group consisting of a single optical fiber having cladding removed at a surface facing the area through which the pressure pulse can pass; and a prism having a first surface facing the area through which the pressure pulse can pass, an input optical fiber optically coupled to a second surface of the prism for supplying light to the prism through the second surface, and an output optical fiber optically coupled to a third surface of the prism for detecting light emerging from the prism through the third surface.

    摘要翻译: 马赫数传感器包括第一脉冲速度传感器,其位于与第一压力脉冲可以通过的开放区域直接接触;以及位于导热管中的第二脉冲速度传感器,其中膜覆盖的端部具有固定的空气,第二脉冲速度传感器 压力脉冲可以通过。 第一和第二脉冲速度传感器中的每一个可以包括两个全内反射检测器和用于确定两个检测器之间的压力脉冲通过的经过时间的计时器。 全内反射检测器中的每一个可以选自具有在面向压力脉冲可以通过的区域的表面处被去除的包层的单个光纤; 以及棱镜,其具有面向所述压力脉冲可以通过的区域的第一表面;光学耦合到所述棱镜的第二表面的输入光纤,用于通过所述第二表面向所述棱镜提供光;以及输出光纤,光耦合到 棱镜的第三表面,用于检测通过第三表面从棱镜出射的光。

    Reduced magnetic field line integral current sensor
    125.
    发明授权
    Reduced magnetic field line integral current sensor 失效
    减少磁场线积分电流传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5463313A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-31

    申请号:US119269

    申请日:1993-09-09

    申请人: Ertugrul Berkcan

    发明人: Ertugrul Berkcan

    摘要: A current sensor for measuring a primary electrical current inducing a primary magnetic field defined over a known region includes a first sensor unit for measuring the line integral of the primary magnetic field along a first predetermined path included within the known region; and a second sensor unit for measuring the line integral of the primary magnetic field along a second predetermined path within the known region, the line integral of the primary magnetic field measured by the second sensor unit being a predetermined calibrated amount different from the line integral of the primary magnetic field measured by the first sensor unit. The current sensor further includes a current source for generating a current inducing a magnetic field to partially offset the difference between the line integral of the primary magnetic field measured by the first sensor unit and the line integral of the primary magnetic field measured by the second sensor unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于测量引起在已知区域上定义的初级磁场的初级电流的电流传感器包括:第一传感器单元,用于沿着包括在已知区域内的第一预定路径测量主磁场的线积分; 以及第二传感器单元,用于测量沿着已知区域内的第二预定路径的主磁场的线积分,由第二传感器单元测量的初级磁场的线积分是与 由第一传感器单元测量的主磁场。 电流传感器还包括电流源,用于产生感应磁场的电流,以部分地偏移由第一传感器单元测量的主磁场的线积分与由第二传感器测量的主磁场的线积分之间的差 单元。

    Current sensor employing a mutually inductive current sensing scheme
with a magnetic field substantially uniform in angular direction
    126.
    发明授权
    Current sensor employing a mutually inductive current sensing scheme with a magnetic field substantially uniform in angular direction 失效
    电流传感器采用具有在角度方向上基本均匀的磁场的互感电流感测方案

    公开(公告)号:US5416408A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-16

    申请号:US85790

    申请日:1993-07-06

    IPC分类号: G01R1/20 G01R15/18

    CPC分类号: G01R1/203 G01R15/18

    摘要: An alternating current sensor employing a mutually-inductive current sensing scheme comprises a conductive pipe and a cylindrical-shaped conductive element at least partially surrounded by the pipe. The pipe is substantially concentric to the conductive element and a conductor electrically connects a pair of corresponding ends of the pipe and conductive element to form a connected conductive path through the sensor. The pipe and the conductive element are spaced apart a predetermined radial distance to form a magnetic field in the space between the pipe and conductive element during current flow along the conductive path.

    摘要翻译: 采用互感电流检测方案的交流传感器包括至少部分地被管道包围的导电管和圆柱形导电元件。 管道与导电元件基本上同心,并且导体电连接管和导电元件的一对相应的端部以形成通过传感器的连接的导电路径。 管道和导电元件间隔开预定的径向距离,以在沿着导电路径的电流期间在管道和导电元件之间的空间中形成磁场。

    Self regulating power conditioner for energy harvesting applications
    127.
    发明授权
    Self regulating power conditioner for energy harvesting applications 有权
    用于能量收集应用的自调节功率调节器

    公开(公告)号:US08294597B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-23

    申请号:US12365687

    申请日:2009-02-04

    IPC分类号: G01C21/00

    CPC分类号: G05B9/02 G05B2219/21151

    摘要: Monitoring systems, sensor nodes, and methods of operating a system for monitoring one or more operating conditions of a structure, are provided. An exemplary monitoring system includes one or more sensor nodes each including a power supply, a sensor configured to sense whether or not the power level of the power supply, and a communications interlace for communicating sensed operating conditions. The system also includes a controller in communication with the sensor nodes through a communication network to monitor the sensor nodes.

    摘要翻译: 提供了监视系统,传感器节点和操作用于监视结构的一个或多个操作条件的系统的方法。 示例性监视系统包括一个或多个传感器节点,每个传感器节点包括电源,被配置为感测电源的功率电平以及用于传达感测的操作条件的通信交错的传感器。 该系统还包括通过通信网络与传感器节点通信以监测传感器节点的控制器。

    Power aware techniques for energy harvesting remote sensor system
    128.
    发明授权
    Power aware techniques for energy harvesting remote sensor system 有权
    能量收集遥感传感器系统的功率感知技术

    公开(公告)号:US08098143B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-17

    申请号:US12331908

    申请日:2008-12-10

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/00

    摘要: A distributed monitoring system for monitoring one or more operating conditions of a structure includes: one or more sensor nodes coupled to the structure, each sensor node including: a power supply adapted to scavenge energy directed at the power supply; a sensor operably coupled to the power supply for sensing one or more operating conditions of the structure in the environment; and a communications interface operably coupled to the power supply and the sensor for communicating the sensed operating conditions of the structure; a communication network operably coupled to the sensor nodes; one or more controllers operably coupled to the communication network for monitoring the sensor nodes; and an energy radiator positioned proximate the structure adapted to radiate energy at the power supplies of the sensor nodes.

    摘要翻译: 用于监测结构的一个或多个操作条件的分布式监视系统包括:耦合到所述结构的一个或多个传感器节点,每个传感器节点包括:适于清除指向所述电源的能量的电源; 可操作地耦合到所述电源的传感器,用于感测所述结构在所述环境中的一个或多个操作条件; 以及通信接口,其可操作地耦合到所述电源和所述传感器,用于传达所述感测到的所述结构的操作条件; 可操作地耦合到所述传感器节点的通信网络; 一个或多个控制器,可操作地耦合到通信网络,用于监测传感器节点; 以及位于结构附近的能量辐射器,适于在传感器节点的电源处辐射能量。

    FLOW SENSOR ASSEMBLIES
    129.
    发明申请
    FLOW SENSOR ASSEMBLIES 失效
    流量传感器总成

    公开(公告)号:US20110166800A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-07

    申请号:US12683474

    申请日:2010-01-07

    IPC分类号: G01F1/00

    CPC分类号: G01F1/66 G01F1/712

    摘要: A flow sensor assembly is provided and includes a flow conduit configured to impart a disturbance to a flow, multiple sensors disposed at respective sensing locations along the flow conduit. Each sensor is responsive to the disturbance of the flow and generates a corresponding response signal. The flow sensor assembly further includes a processor operably connected to each sensor, the processor being configured to compute a cross-correlation function between the response signals generated by said sensors, and determine a flow rate and a direction for the flow through the conduit based on the computed cross-correlation function. Additional flow sensor assembly arrangements are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种流量传感器组件,并且包括配置成对流动造成干扰的流动管道,设置在沿着流动管道的各个感测位置处的多个传感器。 每个传感器响应于流动的干扰并产生相应的响应信号。 所述流量传感器组件还包括可操作地连接到每个传感器的处理器,所述处理器被配置为计算由所述传感器产生的所述响应信号之间的互相关函数,并且基于所述传感器确定流速和通过所述导管的流动的方向 计算的互相关函数。 还公开了附加的流量传感器组件装置。

    BATTERY CELL WITH INTEGRATED SENSING PLATFORM
    130.
    发明申请
    BATTERY CELL WITH INTEGRATED SENSING PLATFORM 有权
    电池与一体化感应平台

    公开(公告)号:US20110039137A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-17

    申请号:US12539388

    申请日:2009-08-11

    IPC分类号: H01M10/48

    摘要: A battery cell that comprises a sensing platform with sensing elements configured to provide information about in-situ characteristics and parameters of the battery cell. Embodiments of the battery cell can have the sensing platform integrated into the structure of the battery cell, as a separate structure incorporated in the battery cell, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the battery cell comprises a sensing platform having sensing elements proximate a localized measurement region, where the sensing platform comprises a substrate with material layers disposed thereon. The material layers comprise at least one sensing layer that forms the sensing elements so that the sensing elements are responsive to properties of the battery cell.

    摘要翻译: 一种电池单元,包括具有感测元件的感测平台,其被配置为提供关于电池单元的原位特性和参数的信息。 电池单元的实施例可以将感测平台集成到电池单元的结构中,作为并入电池单元中的单独结构,以及其组合。 在一个实施例中,电池单元包括感测平台,其具有靠近局部测量区域的感测元件,其中感测平台包括其上设置有材料层的基板。 材料层包括形成感测元件的至少一个感测层,使得感测元件响应于电池单元的特性。