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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:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard C. Choe, Andover, MA (US);
Jonathan M. Glesmann, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Textron Systems Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 ;
Abstract
Torque information of a rotating machine may be determined by counting a number of discrete samples representing a rotation of a rotating component. If the number of discrete samples representing the rotation of the rotating component changes, it may be assumed that the torque has changed due to a change in loading placed on the rotating machine. The amount of change in torque may be determined by determining the amount of change in the number of discrete samples representing the rotation of the rotating component.