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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:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D. Koski, Troy, MI (US);
Anthony L. Jenkins, Clawson, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/14 ; G01F 2/330 ; H03H 9/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/14 ; G01F 2/330 ; H03H 9/22 ;
Abstract
A position detector includes an outer tube of having a magnetostrictive wire disposed therein. An electric circuit is mounted completely within the outer tube and is electrically connected to a pickup coupled to the magnetostrictive wire. A multi-pin connector is mounted at one end of the outer tube for coupling conductors extending from the circuit in the outer tube to external conductors. In an alternative embodiment, the position detector includes a threaded adapter threadingly mountable within an end wall of a pressurized fluid operated cylinder. Conductors extend from the circuit in the outer tube through the adapter to an external connector.