【発明の名称】線形位置センサ

Japanese Patent JPH0762611

B2

Known linear position sensors suffer from inaccuracies owing to severe environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity. Physical damage to sensors exposed to rugged work conditions is a limiting factor in the expected life of sensors used, for example, in the heavy equipment industry. A pair of loop antennas mounted internal to an extensible coaxial cavity respectively transmit and receive electromagnetic signals in the radio frequency range exciting a transverse electromagnetic field in the cavity when the frequency of the signal corresponds to the resonant frequency of the cavity. The resonant frequency of the cavity is primarily dependent upon the longitudinal length of the cavity. Therefore, a voltage controlled oscillator acts under the control of a sawtooth voltage waveform of a function generator to controllably deliver a variable frequency signal to the first loop antenna. An RF detector monitors the second loop antenna for an indication that the resonant frequency has been reached. At resonance a microprocessor samples the output of the VCO and correlates the resonant frequency to the length of the coaxial cavity. The sensor is particularly suited for use in the heavy equipment industry for detecting the extended length of hydraulic cylinders as it is highly insensitive to environmental conditions and protected from the work environment.

Bitter Ali
Goodatt Adam Jay
Huggins brian dee
Jacobson Wesley E
Centes John F

JP50102987A

July 05, 1995

January 27, 1987

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Caterpillar Incorporated

G01B15/00; F15B9/09; G01D5/48; G01R23/07; G01R27/04; H01P7/04; (IPC1-7): G01B15/00; F15B9/09

JP63214502A

【文献】米国特許4588953(US,A)

Minoru Nakamura (5 others)

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