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US 10,502,287 B2Granted
Belt slip monitor
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAnthemios Philemon Petridis, Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees
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Abstract
A belt slip monitor system and method configured to determine whether a belt coupled to a motor-generator is slipping based on operational states of first and second movable portions of the belt slip monitor, wherein the operational states of the first and second movable portions are dependent upon the tension in the belt.
Claims15
A belt slip monitor for a belt coupled to a motor-generator, the belt slip monitor comprising:
- a first movable portion movable with respect to the motor-generator;
- a second movable portion movably coupled to the first movable portion, the second movable portion being coupled to the belt such that operational states of the first and second movable portions of the belt slip monitor are dependent upon a tension in the belt;
- a first sensor configured to determine the operational state of the first movable portion;
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- a second sensor configured to determine the operational state of the second movable portion,
- wherein the belt slip monitor is configured to determine whether the belt is slipping based on the operational states of the first and second movable portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.