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US 11,646,631 B2Granted
Axial gap generator measurement tool
AssigneeUpwing Energy, LLC
InventorsPatrick McMullen, Herman Artinian
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Abstract
A tool includes a device including a housing and a rotor, the rotor to rotate about a longitudinal axis, and an axial gap generator including a stator assembly positioned adjacent to the rotor. The axial gap generator generates a voltage signal as a function of a gap spacing between the stator assembly and the rotor, the gap spacing being parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Claims14
A method, comprising:
- rotating a rotor of a device about a longitudinal axis and within a housing of the device;
- generating, with a stator assembly of an axial gap generator positioned adjacent to a rotor assembly of an axial gap generator, a voltage signal as a function of a gap spacing between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, the rotor assembly of the axial gap generator coupled to the rotor of the device, and the stator assembly is mounted to the housing of the device;
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- varying, with the stator assembly, the voltage signal based on the gap spacing in response to a displacement of the rotor relative to the stator assembly.
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A method comprising:
- rotating a rotor of a device about a longitudinal axis and within a housing of the device;
- generating, with a stator assembly of an axial gap generator positioned adjacent to a rotor assembly of an axial gap generator, a voltage signal as a function of a gap spacing between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, the rotor assembly of the axial gap generator coupled to the rotor of the device;
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- varying, with the stator assembly, the voltage signal based on the gap spacing in response to a displacement of the rotor relative to the stator assembly;
- receiving, with a controller, the voltage signal from the axial gap generator;
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- in response to receiving the voltage signal, determining, with the controller, an axial position of the rotor based on the received voltage signal.
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A method of comprising:
- rotating a rotor of a device about a longitudinal axis and within a housing of the device;
- generating, with a stator assembly of an axial gap generator positioned adjacent to a rotor assembly of an axial gap generator, a voltage signal as a function of a gap spacing between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, the rotor assembly of the axial gap generator coupled to the rotor of the device;
- varying, with the stator assembly, the voltage signal based on the gap spacing in response to a displacement of the rotor relative to the stator assembly;
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- generating, with a second stator assembly of a second axial gap generator positioned adjacent to the rotor assembly of the axial gap generator, a second voltage signal as a function of a second gap spacing between the second stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the second gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, where the second stator assembly voltage signal is combined with the first stator assembly voltage signal to provide one voltage signal proportional to gap spacing.
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A method comprising:
- rotating a rotor of a device about a longitudinal axis and within a housing of the device;
- generating, with a stator assembly of an axial gap generator positioned adjacent to a rotor assembly of an axial gap generator, a voltage signal as a function of a gap spacing between the stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, the rotor assembly of the axial gap generator coupled to the rotor of the device;
- varying, with the stator assembly, the voltage signal based on the gap spacing in response to a displacement of the rotor relative to the stator assembly;
- generating, with a second stator assembly of a second axial gap generator positioned adjacent to the rotor assembly of an axial gap generator, a second voltage signal as a function of a second gap spacing between the second stator assembly and the rotor assembly, the second gap spacing parallel to the longitudinal axis, where the second stator assembly is mounted to a movable support structure;
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- moving, with the movable support structure, the second stator assembly parallel to the longitudinal axis based at least in part on a physical property of an environment about the movable support structure.
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