Ball joint stud sensing assembly and method
AssigneeMusashi Auto Parts Canada Inc.
InventorsUsam Ayad Nasser, Kareem Hisham Abdelhafiz A Elrufaie, Tyler Benson Veld, Wenxuan Lu, Anthony Edward Meola
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Abstract
Provided is a ball joint stud sensing assembly and method. A sensor package disposed in ball joint assembly includes a magnet at a first ball joint assembly component of the ball joint assembly, the magnet having a magnetic field, and a sensor at a second ball joint assembly component of the ball joint assembly, the sensor measuring fluctuations in the magnetic field, wherein the fluctuations indicate an oscillation and displacement of the first ball joint assembly component relative to the second ball joint assembly component.
Claims20
A sensor package disposed in a ball joint assembly, the sensor package comprising:
- a magnet at a first ball joint assembly component of the ball joint assembly, the magnet having a magnetic field;
- and
- a sensor at a second ball joint assembly component of the ball joint assembly, the sensor measuring fluctuations in the magnetic field, wherein the fluctuations indicate one or more of an oscillation and a displacement of the first ball joint assembly component relative to the second ball joint assembly component.
A method of determining a disposition of a ball joint assembly wherein the ball joint assembly comprises a sensor package disposed in the ball joint assembly, the method comprises:
- installing the ball joint assembly in a vehicle;
- and
- measuring, with the sensor package, one or more fluctuations indicating one or more of a displacement and an oscillation of the ball joint assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.