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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald John Enzinna, Lockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A potentiometer position indicator for an automotive HVAC system belt drive has a means that passively realigns the turning wiper and fixed ring of the potentiometer if the potentiometer wiper becomes misaligned relative to the belt. A slip clutch interposed between the final gear of a gear reduction mechanism and the potentiometer wiper contacts a hard stop and is shifted back to an aligned position as the belt is shifted to either of its limit positions, thereby automatically realigning the two.