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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Christian A. Trager, Canton, MI (US);
Michael J. Niel, Redford, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christian A. Trager, Canton, MI (US);
Michael J. Niel, Redford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 25/00 (2006.01); G01M 99/00 (2011.01); G01M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 99/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing and control system terminates a cycle test when it senses the part being cycle tested is about to fail. The sensing and control system uses a sensor for generating a signal each time the test part completes a motion cycle. The sensing and control system uses a controller, responsive to the sensor, for determining whether a failure is about to occur and stopping the cycle test.