98 results about "Magneto elastic" patented technology

A pressure sensing apparatus for operative arrangement within an environment, having: a sensor comprising a hermetically-sealed receptacle, at least one side of which has an flexible membrane to which a magnetically hard element is attached. Enclosed within the receptacle is a magnetostrictive element that vibrates in response to a time-varying magnetic field. Also included is a receiver to measure a plurality of successive values for magneto-elastic emission intensity of the sensor taken over an operating range of successive interrogation frequencies to identify a resonant frequency value for the sensor. Additional features include: (a) the magnetically hard element may be adhered to an inner or outer side of, or embedded within, the membrane; (b) the magnetostrictive element can include one or more of a variety of different pre-formed, hardened regions; (c) the magneto-elastic emission may be a primarily acoustic or electromagnetic emission; and (d) in the event the time-varying magnetic field is emitted as a single pulse or series of pulses, the receiver unit can detect a transitory time-response of the emission intensity of each pulse (detected after a threshold amplitude value for the transitory time-response is observed). A Fourier transform of the time-response can yield results in the frequency domain. Also, an associated method of sensing pressure of an environment is included that uses a sensor having a magnetostrictive element to identify a magneto-elastic resonant frequency value therefore. Using the magneto-elastic resonant frequency value identified, a value for the pressure of the environment can be identified.

A circuit for sensing a magnetic field has at least one saturable coil (L1). The circuit includes switches (S1, S2) controlled by a comparator (12) to drive the coil (L1) to saturation by alternating polarities of current. In the absence of an external magnetic field the currents are balanced. An applied external magnetic field causes an unbalance in the coil (L1) in reaching saturation. An unbalance current is applied through a sensing resistor (R2) to an integrator (20) to develop an output voltage (Vo) as a measure of the applied magnetic field. The switches (S1, S2) are implemented by transistor switches. Dual (FIG. 1) and single (FIG. 2) supply rail circuits are disclosed. The circuit finds particular application in torque transducers using magnetoelastic elements.

A new type of magnetoelastic device for sensing force is described. It comprises of two elements: a circumferentially magnetized member comprised of magnetoelastically active material mounted as a beam and loaded by the force to be sensed, and a magnetic field sensor mounted at or near the member's surface, preferentially at or near a longitudinal location where the bending moment is maximum and at a circumferential location where the bending stress is zero. Flexural loading causes a variation of the circumferential magnetization with angular position. This variation is the source of free poles, the field from which is a measure of the applied force. Testing demonstrates that the field intensity is a linear analog of the experienced bending stress over a significant range of applied push and pull forces.

A sensor system for analysis of forces and motions on a rotating shaft using non-contact magneto-elastic sensors with the ability to measure any one or more of the following parameters of the shaft: (1) torque, (2) rate of change of torque, (3) shaft speed, (4) shaft position, (5) bending moments in the shaft in 2 directions, (6) axial force, (7) shaft power and/or system efficiency. The sensor system generally includes a magneto-elastic sensor patches fixedly applied to the rotating shaft, and a magnetic field pick up surrounding both said shaft and said magneto-elastic material but not in contact therewith, said magnetic field pick up comprising a clam-shell toroidal collar incorporating a combination of a magnetic field sensors.

A test meter system for testing a characteristic of a fluid, the test meter system including a test meter having a housing with an opening adapted to accept a test strip, an interrogation coil within the housing, a pick-up coil within the housing, and a test strip including at least one magneto-electronic-resonance sensor. When the test strip is within the opening, the interrogation coil may utilize magneto-electronic-resonance technology to interrogate the magneto-electronic-resonance sensor and the pick-up coil may be used to sense a resultant oscillation frequency of the magneto-electronic-resonance sensor, the resultant oscillation frequency associated with the characteristic. The test strip may include a plurality of sensors. The sensors may be coated with a coating sensitive to a characteristic of the fluid, where the interrogation reveals information about the fluid characteristic.

A label for marking and remote detection of objects has a capsular housing (10, 11) of a material, which in non-magnetic, electrically non-conductive as well as resistant against external influence, the housing consisting of a lower portion (10) and a cover (11), between which a cavity (12) is formed, and at least one elongated sensor element (13) arranged in the cavity (12), the sensor element being made from an amorphous magneto-elastic material with high magneto-mechanical coupling. On all its interior surfaces facing the cavity (12), the housing (10, 11) is provided with fine bristles or fibers (14), the number, length and density of which have been selected for receiving the sensor element (13) in a way, such that the sensor element (13) when resonating, will maintain its straightness and will be allowed to oscillate in the longitudinal direction thereof essentially free from losses, with no harmful influence from bending or torsional forces, and with no risk of losing energy due to friction or contact with the inside of the housing (10, 11).

An online detection method for magnetoelasticity performance of thin-ferromagnetic-film, which belongs to the field of engineering materials, structure deformation, and mechanical test. The device implementing the method of the invention comprises a thin-ferromagnetic-film non-uniform stress measuring light path and a film hysteresis loop measuring light path, wherein, the film non-uniform stress measuring light path comprises a laser, a beam expander, a grating, a lens, a filter screen, and a CCD camera; and the film hysteresis loop measuring light path comprises a laser, a beam expander, a polarizer, an analyzer, and a photodetector. The method of the invention comprises the steps of measuring non-uniform curvature of the thin-ferromagnetic-film surface by shearing interferometer to obtain the non-uniform stress in film, and measuring the hysteresis loop of the film by using magnetooptic Kerr effect of the thin-ferromagnetic-film surface. The method can simultaneously online measure the non-uniform stress and the hysteresis loop of thin-ferromagnetic-film, so as to provide experimental basis for the research on magnetoelasticity coupling behavior of the thin-ferromagnetic-film.

A magneto-elastic torque sensor and system include a substrate and a magneto-elastic sensing component formed from or on the substrate. The magneto-elastic sensing component and the substrate together form a magneto-elastic torque sensor, which when subject to a stress associated with a torque, shifts a characteristic frequency thereof linearly in response to the torque, thereby inducing a pathway by which magneto-elastic energy is coupled to excite vibrations in a basal plane of the magneto-elastic sensor, thereby generating torque-based information based on a resonant frequency thereof.

Magneto-elastic amorphous alloy material and a preparation method thereof are provided. The material is composed of FexReyBz, wherein, Re is one or more than two of La, Sm, Tb, Dy and Y. The preparation method is to mix and melt the FexReyBz into master alloy according to the atom percentage, produce amorphous wires on self-developed wire spraying equipment, strengthen internal stress through drawing the wires and improve the magneto-elastic performance of the wires. The material is provided with the 10<-3> vertical large magnetostrictive coefficient. And through the quenching and rapid setting preparation method, extremely large inner stress gradient from the surface to the core of the wires is made. The material is also provided with large inner stress anisotropy performance, and part of magneto-elastic performance is produced. The surface crystallization layer of the wires, the thickness of which is tens of nanometers to hundreds of nanometers, and amorphous matrixes produce magnetocrystalline anistotropy energies which strengthen the magneto-elastic performance of the wires. The material is provided with the vertical large magnetostrictive coefficient and makes use of a self-developed displacement sensor and a measurement instrument. Compared with the present import super-magnetostrictive displacement sensor, the sensor has the advantages of large investigation depth, high precision and strong vibration resistance capacity.

A multiferroic antenna apparatus and method are described which provides increased energy efficiencies and ease of implementation. Magnetoelastic and/or magnetostrictive resonator are coupled to a piezoelectric substrate, along with electrodes coupled to its opposing surfaces. In receive mode the resonators create mechanical waves in response to being excited into magnetic oscillation by receiving electromagnetic radiation, and these mechanical waves coupled to the piezoelectric substrate causing it to generate an electrical output signal at said electrodes. In transmit mode an electrical signal coupled through the electrodes induces mechanical waves in the piezoelectric substrate directed to the resonators which are excited into magnetic oscillation to output electromagnetic waves.

It concerns an activatable/deactivatable magnetomechanical marker, based on magnetic microwires, in which participates a non-bistable, magnetoelastic, soft magnetic microwire (1) with induced transversal magnetic anisotropy and with magnetoelastic resonance frequency of 58 kHz, and a second hard magnetic microwire (2), thereby achieving a substantial reduction in the size of the marker.

The procedure for obtaining the same consists firstly in obtaining a soft magnetic microwire with non-bistable magnetic behaviour, which undergoes a heat treatment in the presence of transversal magnetic field sufficient to saturate the sample at a temperature below that of crystallization of the amorphous alloy, cutting said magnetic wire to the appropriate length so that its magnetoelastic resonance coincides with that of the detecting unit, and finally obtaining a hard magnetic microwire (2) which together with the soft microwire are mounted on the mechanical support (3) of the marker.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle with a transmission, and a system and a method controlling a vehicle powertrain having a transmission to improve shift quality to detect the start of a torque phase of the shift based on a measured transmission input shaft torque. A torque sensor provides a signal to a controller that monitors initial rise time of the measured transmission input shaft torque. The torque sensor may be implemented by a strain gauge, a piezoelectric load cell, or a magneto-elastic torque sensor. The system may include a vehicle powertrain having an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine via a torque converter and a controller configured to initiate torque phase control when the slope of the transmission input shaft torque exceeds a predetermined threshold after initiation of the shift preparatory phase.

Many sensors could be used in a passive wireless mode. These include RLC, acoustic wave and magneto-elastic sensors. These types of sensors are designed to exhibit a change in fundamental frequency when exposed to environmental factors such as temperature, pressure, or chemicals. An interrogation circuit can inductively couple to the sensor and measure the change in fundamental frequency. The change can be used to measure the environmental factor. Sensor sensitivity and inductive coupling efficiency can be competing design constraints. A driver, electrically connected to the sensor and inductively coupled to the interrogation circuit, can relax the constraints. The driver, however, can introduce noise into the sensor. The sensor can be shielded using physical and geometric techniques to reduce the noise.

The invention discloses a magneto-elastic material-based electromagnetic-type micro-actuator, which comprises a bushing having a closed structure, a magnetic circuit mechanism, a drive mechanism, a pre-pressing mechanism and a sensor module, wherein the magnetic circuit mechanism, the drive mechanism, the pre-pressing mechanism and the sensor module are arranged inside the bushing in a tightening way; the magnetic circuit mechanism is sleeved inside the bushing, the drive mechanism is sleeved inside the magnetic circuit mechanism, and the pre-pressing mechanism is arranged between the bushing and the magnetic circuit mechanism and stretches out of the bushing. Due to the adoption of the magneto-elastic material-based electromagnetic-type micro-actuator, the weaknesses of the prior art that the function is single, the structure is complicated, the homogeneity of the magnetic field is low, and the like, can be overcome, and the advantages such as diversity function, simple structure and high homogeneity of the magnetic field can be realized.

The invention relates to automatic transmission shift control based on a transmission input shaft torque signal, and a system and a method for minimizing torque disturbances during a shift event for an automatic transmission control actual transmission input shaft torque using a transmission input shaft signal produced by an input shaft torque sensor. The torque sensor provides a signal to a controller that monitors the measured transmission input torque. The torque sensor may be implemented by a strain gauge, a piezoelectric load cell, or a magneto-elastic torque sensor. The system may include a vehicle powertrain having an engine, a transmission coupled to the engine via a torque converter, an input torque sensor coupled to the input shaft of the transmission and a controller configured to control engine torque to cause the measured transmission input shaft torque to achieve a target transmission input shaft torque during the shift event.

The invention discloses a magnetic response bionic crawling soft robot and a preparation method thereof, and the bionic crawling soft robot comprises a magnetic elastic body and a magnetic response driver; the magnetic elastic body is in a grid shape, the grid comprises a transverse elastic body and a longitudinal elastic body, magnetic particles are arranged in the longitudinal elastic body, and the magnetic particles are magnetized in a first magnetic field so that the magnetic elastic body can be shaped into a curve state; the magnetic response driver is used for applying a second magnetic field to the magnetoelastic body so that the elastic body can be changed from the horizontal state to the curve state. By means of the technical scheme, the problems that a soft robot is difficult to manufacture, and complex magnetic fields in different directions and different sizes need to be applied during crawling are solved, and popularization of the soft robot is facilitated.

The present invention provides a thin film magnetic head capable of suppressing unintended erasure of information at the non-recording time by optimizing a magnetic domain structure of a magnetic pole layer. A thin film magnetic head is constructed so that in the case where a magnetic pole layer has a tensile stress, an insulating layer under the magnetic pole layer has a tensile stress and a gap layer on the magnetic pole layer similarly has a tensile stress. The tensile stress in the magnetic pole layer is maintained by the mechanical influence of the tensile stresses in the insulating layer and the gap layer. Consequently, the magnetic domain structure of the magnetic pole layer is optimized so as to suppress leakage of a magnetic flux remained in the magnetic pole layer to the outside at the non-recording time due to the influence of a magnetoelastic effect immediately after recording. Thus, unintended erasure of information recorded on a recording medium is suppressed.