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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Nimrod Kapas, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph F. Kucharski, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Adam Hermann, Fenton, MI (US);
Christopher Gregory Garbacz, Livonia, MI (US);
Yuji Fujii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Diana Yanakiev, Birmingham, MI (US);
Roberto Teran, Jr., Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A transmission includes sensors positioned adjacent respective pairs of magnetized bands on a shaft of the transmission for detecting magnetic flux emanating from the bands in response to torque on the shaft. The transmission further includes an electronics interface assembly configured to respectively provide drive signals to the sensors and to receive from the sensors, in response to the drive signals, output signals indicative of the torque on the shaft as detected by the sensors.