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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Brent Rankin, Lima, OH (US);
Brent Rankin, Lima, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device and its method of use for in situ detection of bent and/or broken teeth on a vehicle engine pulse generator plate. The device includes a pair of detection sensors adapted to detect pulse generator plate teeth during rotation of a pulse generator plate, and a controller in communication with the sensors. The sensors are arranged such that one sensor leads the other with respect to the detection of teeth on a rotating pulse generator plate. Rotation of a pulse generator plate in the presence of the sensors will cause the sensors to produce an output signal each time a tooth passes by. The signals from the sensors form associated pulse trains that are evaluated by a microprocessor device and associated program of the controller to determine if the pulse generator plate has any bent and/or broken teeth.