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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1980
Filed:
May. 18, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Birnbaum, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Signal Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310155 ; 246249 ; 310118 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting the presence and/or direction and/or velocity of a moving ferromagnetic element is provided. A sensing coil is placed in coupling relationship with a bi-stable ferromagnetic wire to provide a signal in response to a change in polarity of the core of the bi-stable wire. The core polarity changes in response to element presence as the element constitutes a magnetic shunt causing a change in magnetic flux density and/or direction in the air gap of a magnetic circuit in which the bi-stable wire is situated. The sensor is substantially insensitive to element velocity. Modified structures provide for fail-safe operation.