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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Douglas S. Fitzkee, Ephrata, PA (US);
Christopher A. Foster, Denver, PA (US);
John Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);
Chris Brubaker, Leola, PA (US);
Justin Ringwald, New Holland, PA (US);
Douglas S. Fitzkee, Ephrata, PA (US);
Christopher A. Foster, Denver, PA (US);
John Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);
Chris Brubaker, Leola, PA (US);
Justin Ringwald, New Holland, PA (US);
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A device for detecting the absolute position of a cylinder rod is provided. A cylinder assembly has a cylinder body with a gland member positioned thereof. The gland member has a rod opening extending therethrough. An adjustable sensor is mounted on the gland member, the adjustable sensor being operable to read one or more detectable features of the cylinder rod. The adjustable sensor can be incrementally adjusted relative to the cylinder rod to optimize the gap provided between the adjustable sensor and the cylinder rod, allowing the sensor to detect the motion and absolute position of the cylinder rod. The detectable features may be three tracks of data including first timing data and position data.