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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Everett Gene Brandt, Brimfield, IL (US);
David Abraham Paul, Peoria, IL (US);
Shoji Tozawa, Peoria, IL (US);
Roger Dwight Watkins, Dunlap, IL (US);
Balamurugan Sundaram, Peoria, IL (US);
Seppo Saario, Brisbane, AU;
Everett Gene Brandt, Brimfield, IL (US);
David Abraham Paul, Peoria, IL (US);
Shoji Tozawa, Peoria, IL (US);
Roger Dwight Watkins, Dunlap, IL (US);
Balamurugan Sundaram, Peoria, IL (US);
Seppo Saario, Brisbane, AU;
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A machine includes a component. The machine may also include a position-sensing system with a plurality of sensor elements that each generate a signal related to proximity of the sensor element to the component by generating the signal based at least in part on the magnetic permeability of the space adjacent the sensor element and a time-varying magnetic field generated by an electric circuit of the position-sensing system. The machine may also include one or more information-processing devices that determine a positional relationship between the component and the plurality of sensor elements based on a plurality of the signals generated by the sensor elements.