Torque measurement system
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorZhengbao Yang
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Abstract
A system and a method for a torque measurement system for a vehicle having a rotatable member connecting an engine to a torque converter and rotatable about a rotating axis, the torque measurement system including a strain measuring module arranged to measure the strain on the rotatable member; a control module arranged to process the data associated with the strain measurement; and an energy generating module arranged to generate electricity through the movement of the rotatable member, thereby powering the torque measurement system.
Claims37
A torque measurement system for a vehicle having a rotatable member connecting an engine to a torque converter and rotatable about a rotating axis, the torque measurement system comprising:
- a strain measuring module arranged to measure a strain on the rotatable member;
- a control module arranged to process the data associated with the measured strain;
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- an energy generating module arranged to generate electricity through the relative movement between the engine and the rotatable member or the torque converter, thereby powering the torque measurement system, wherein the energy generation module is arranged to generate a current from a deformation of the rotatable member.
A torque measurement system for a vehicle having a rotatable member connecting an engine to a torque converter and rotatable about a rotating axis, the torque measurement system comprising:
- a strain measuring module arranged to measure a strain on the rotatable member;
- a control module arranged to process the data associated with the measured strain;
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- an energy generating module is arranged to generate electricity through deformation of the rotatable member or the torque converter, thereby powering the torque measurement system.
A torque measurement system for a vehicle having a rotatable member connecting an engine to a torque converter and rotatable about a rotating axis, the torque measurement system comprising:
- a strain measuring module arranged to measure a strain on the rotatable member;
- a control module arranged to process the data associated with the measured strain;
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- an energy generating module arranged to generate electricity through the relative movement between the engine and the rotatable member or the torque converter, thereby powering the torque measurement system, wherein the energy generating module is oriented at an inclined angle from a circumferential direction of the rotatable member.
A torque measurement system for a vehicle having a rotatable member connecting an engine to a torque converter and rotatable about a rotating axis, the torque measurement system comprising:
- a strain measuring module arranged to measure a strain on the rotatable member;
- a control module arranged to process the data associated with the measured strain;
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- an energy generating module arranged to generate electricity through the relative movement between the engine and the rotatable member or the torque converter, thereby powering the torque measurement system, wherein the energy generating module includes one or more piezoelectric patches, one or more of which being mounted on the rotatable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.