F16C 32/0446
Determination of the actual position of the moving member
Official title: {Determination of the actual position of the moving member, e.g. details of sensors}
F16C32/0446 (Determination of the actual position of the moving member) appears on 218 US grants and 195 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Magnetic bearing module having a magnetic bearing26 May 2026US 12,638,049 B2Skf Magnetic Mechatronics
- Control system for controlling a magnetic suspension system17 Feb 2026US 12,553,470 B2Spindrive Oy
- Device for controlling a magnetic bearing and associated system27 Jan 2026US 12,535,105 B2Skf Magnetic Mechatronics
- Method for compensating reactive power, associated control system, and sensor driver circuit13 Jan 2026US 12,525,864 B2SKF Magnetic Mechatronics; SKF Canada Limited
- Motor bearing wear monitoring device, setting method for motor bearing wear monitoring device, and setting program16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202281 A1Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
- Bearing device, motor and compressor18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169029 A1Carrier Corporation
- Active magnetic bearing compensation based on external information14 May 2026US 2026/0132816 A1
- Bearingless motor system, compressor, and refrigeration apparatus13 Nov 2025US 2025/0350173 A1Daikin Industries, Ltd.
- Method and device for conditioning a measurement signal16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321126 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Combined position sensor and magnetic motor or bearing1,212US 4,652,820 ANorth American Philips Corporation · 1987
- Rotary machine with an electromagnetic rotary drive208US 6,100,618 ALust Antriebstechnik GmbH · 2000
- Implantable centrifugal blood pump with hybrid magnetic bearings145US 7,462,019 B12008
- Axial-flow blood pump with magnetically suspended, radially and axially stabilized impeller111US 7,070,398 B2Medforte Research Foundation · 2006
- Method and sensor arrangement for the determination of the radial position of a permanent magnetic rotor95US 6,249,067 B1Lust Antriebstechnik GmbH · 2001