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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pekka Tapani Sipila, Munich, DE;
Sherrie Clark, Solon, OH (US);
Charles T. Hatch, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Lam Arthur Campbell, Tomball, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
There is set forth herein a method comprising applying a drive signal to a drive element in a sensor assembly having a drive element and one or more sensor element so that responsively to the drive signal the drive element generates a magnetic flux that travels through a target, determining a strain of the target using a picked up output signal picked up by the one or more sensor element. In one embodiment, a sensor assembly can be employed for detecting a proximity of the target using a picked up output signal picked up by e.g., the drive element. In one embodiment, a drive signal can have a plurality of frequency components.