Camshaft position sensor testing system
AssigneeInternational Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorMark A. Wildman
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Abstract
A camshaft testing system has a test sleeve, a controller, and main voltage supply. The camshaft position sensor is placed into the test sleeve. The controller activates the camshaft position sensor. The test sleeve has a test bar, which moves across the camshaft position sensor. The movement of the test bar creates a magnetic field disruption. An indication is made as to whether the camshaft position sensor can sense the magnetic field disruption. A signal indicator on the controller emits at least one flash of light if the camshaft position sensor senses the magnetic field disruption.
Claims20
A camshaft position sensor testing system, comprising:
- a test sleeve forming a cavity;
- a test bar rotationally mounted on the test sleeve;
- a controller having a signal indicator and a reference voltage supply, where the signal indicator connects to a camshaft position sensor when the camshaft position sensor is positioned in the cavity, and where the reference voltage supply provides a reference voltage to the camshaft position sensor when the camshaft position sensor is positioned in the cavity, where the camshaft position sensor changes a signal in response to a disruption in a magnetic field, and where the signal indicator intermittently operates in response to the signal;
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- a main voltage supply connected to the signal connector, where the main voltage supply provides a supply voltage to the signal connector.
A method for testing a camshaft position sensor, comprising:
- inserting a camshaft position sensor in a test sleeve;
- activating the camshaft position sensor;
- placing an end of the camshaft position sensor at a distance from a test bar on the test sleeve;
- moving the test bar across the test sleeve;
- disrupting a magnetic field of the camshaft position sensor;
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- indicating whether the camshaft position sensor senses a magnetic field disruption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.