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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Christoph Martin Sihler, Hallbergmoos, DE;
Marko Klaus Baller, SaarbrĂĽcken, DE;
Kunal Ravindra Goray, Munich, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a device and a contactless inductive force sensing system. The device includes a first band having a first magnetically encoded region with a first magnetic polarity spaced apart from a second magnetically encoded region having a second magnetic polarity. The device further includes a second band having a third magnetically encoded region with the second magnetic polarity spaced apart from a fourth magnetically encoded region having the first magnetic polarity. The contactless inductive force sensing system is used for measuring one or more mechanical force components of the device and generating a mechanical force component signal.