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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Oliver Martyn Hayes, Leicester, GB;
Simon Richard Conway, Royal Leamington Spa, GB;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A hydraulic actuator with a sensor mounted on the actuator cylinder for determining the position of the actuator. The arrangement comprises a hydraulic actuator which includes a cylinder having a bore in which a piston is slidably mounted for movement along the cylinder to extend and retract the hydraulic actuator. The cylinder has a side wall and a cylinder aperture extending through the side wall. A wire actuated encoder is mounted on the external surface of the cylinder, which has a wire which extends through the cylinder aperture and is attached to the piston for determining a stroke position of the piston within the cylinder.
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