| TIMKEN US CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20110273169 | MAGNETIC SENSOR WITH HIGH AND LOW RESOLUTION TRACKS - A sensing apparatus includes high and low-resolution tracks, and a compensation track. The low-resolution track includes a first magnet that has a first magnetic field. The high-resolution track is spaced apart from the low-resolution track by a first gap and includes a second magnet and a third magnet. The second magnet has a second magnetic field that is substantially identical to the first magnetic field, and the third magnet has a third magnetic field that is substantially opposite to the first magnetic field. The compensation track is spaced apart from the high-resolution track by a second gap and includes a fourth magnet having a fourth magnetic field that is substantially opposite to the first magnetic field and configured to reduce a magnetic field from the first magnet that is superimposed on the second and third magnets. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20090091316 | TURNING DEVICE POSITION SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for determining an absolute position of a motor. The system includes first and second multi-polar magnetic rings, first and second processing units, and at least one external sensor The first multi-polar magnetic ring is concentrically positioned around the motor, and has a plurality of pole pairs. The second multi-polar magnetic ring is concentrically positioned around the first multi-polar magnetic ring, and has at least one pole pair. The first processing unit is positioned near the first multi-polar magnetic ring to determine an angular position over one of the pole pairs of the first multi-polar magnetic ring. The sensor is positioned external to the processing unit and over the second multi-polar magnetic ring to indicate a state of the pole pair of the second multi-polar magnetic ring. The second processing unit generates an absolute position of the motor based on the angular position and the state. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090041402 | THRUST BEARING ASSEMBLY - A thrust bearing assembly generally includes a cage and a plurality of rolling elements. The cage has first and second cage halves with each cage half having a respective radial segment with a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings. Each opening has an opening perimeter. The cage halves are interconnected with portions of the radial segments circumferentially between the plurality of openings abutting along a given plane and the respective openings aligned to defined rolling element pockets. The rolling elements are positioned in the rolling element pockets such that a centerline of each rolling element lies in or in proximity to the given plane. A flange extends along at least a portion of each opening perimeter to retain the rolling elements within a respective one of the rolling element pockets. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090009160 | Magnetic Sensor with High and Low Resolution Tracks - A sensing apparatus that includes first and second magnet assemblies. The first magnet assembly includes first and second magnets that have respective first and second opposite magnetic fields, and respective first and second dimensions. The first dimension is relatively smaller than the second dimension. The second magnet assembly is positioned at a distance from the first magnet assembly. The second magnet assembly includes a third magnet that has a third magnetic field which is opposite to the first magnetic field. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080290859 | Magnetic Sensor With Compensation - A sensing assembly. The sensing assembly is spaced apart from a magnet that has a magnet length, and includes a compensation module and a string of magnetic sensors that has a string length. The magnetic sensors are grouped into a plurality of magnetic sensor groups. Each of the magnetic sensors generates a respective intermediate signal based on the magnet. The compensation module assigns a plurality of respective gains to the respective magnetic sensor groups based on a difference between the magnet length and the string length, and applies the respective gains to the respective intermediate signals of the respective magnetic sensor groups to generate respective adjusted signals. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080245330 | Switching Finger Follower Assembly - A finger follower assembly ( | 10-09-2008 |
