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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darryl A Hock, Harper Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jabil Circuit Company, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7311 / ; 324654 ;
Abstract
The circuit senses abrupt change in motion of an electromotively-driven part such as the onset of valve seating in a solenoid-operated valve. A constant current source supplies power to the solenoid coil and a pulse detector circuit monitors the voltage across the coil and determines the time rate of change of that voltage. A change in the algebraic sign of the time rate of change in voltage indicates that valve seating has occurred.