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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Ahmed Esa Sheikh, Middletown, OH (US);
BO Nilson Almstedt, Amal, SE;
Larry G. Anderson, Erie, PA (US);
Kirk Heywood, Erie, PA (US);
Ajith K. Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ahmed Esa Sheikh, Middletown, OH (US);
Bo Nilson Almstedt, Amal, SE;
Larry G. Anderson, Erie, PA (US);
Kirk Heywood, Erie, PA (US);
Ajith K. Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of generating a virtual crankshaft positioning stream of signal pulses that is derived from one or more series of actual crank signals. The virtual stream is useful for monitoring crankshaft positioning and is able to persist despite electromagnetic disturbances in the series of actual crank signals.