Bose Corporation

Robert L Maresca

James A Parison

Thomas A Froeschle

Thomas Aho

John J Breen

Christopher H Perry

Motion controlling includes a combining network having an acceleration input for receiving an acceleration signal representative of acceleration of a movable element and a position input for receiving a position signal representative of position of the movable element and an output for providing an inferred position signal representative of an inferred position of the movable element. The network includes a first signal processor for processing the acceleration signal to provide modified acceleration signal, a second signal processor for processing the position signal to provide a modified position signal and a combiner for combining the modified acceleration signal with the modified position signal to provide the inferred position signal.

Motion controlling

An electromagnetic transducer includes a first member and a second member which are relatively slidable along a path having spaced endpoints and which are electromagnetically coupled. The second member has at least one winding which produces a magnetic field which penetrates the second member. The second member has a plurality of contiguous permanent magnets of alternate polarity along the path which establish a periodic magnetic field which reacts with the magnet field created by the first member so as to produce force along the path. The plurality of contiguous permanent magnets are disposed along the path such that transition lines dividing adjacent ones of the magnets are formed at a non-perpendicular angle to the path to allow gradual transition between flux directions.

Electromechanical transducing

A digital absolute position encoder is provided for determining absolute position of a first member with respect to a second member. The absolute position is determined within a resolution cell of L/2.sup.n, where n is an integer and L is a predetermined span. One of the members has a plurality of, m, tracks of binary indicia distributed over the predetermined span, L, where m is an integer less than n. The other member has a plurality of indicia detectors disposed on the second member for detecting the binary indicia. With such an arrangement, an encoder is provided having 'a unit-distance code', yet uses less tracks than that used with a conventional Gray code encoder. Further, the encoder has a reduced number of transitions than that required on the track used with a conventional Gray code encoder. Both of these features simplify the design and fabrication for a given encoder resolution.

Digital absolute position encoders

In a vehicle having a chassis and at least one wheel assembly, where the wheel assembly includes a wheel support member, a damping mass, a damping spring for connecting the damping mass to the wheel support member, and a mechanical resistive member in parallel with the damping spring, a suspension connecting the wheel assembly to the chassis, the suspension supporting the weight of the vehicle and isolating the wheel motion from the chassis motion, and at least one actuator for providing force between the wheel assembly and the chassis, the improvement provides a linear electric motor connected between the wheel assembly and the chassis, where the linear electric motor provides force between the wheel assembly and the chassis.

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Milford, MA, United States of America

Robert L Maresca