Pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts
AssigneeC.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
InventorDaniele Pullini
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Abstract
A magnetic pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts, of the type including at least one magnetic field source element associated with the rotatably moving part and a magnetic field sensing element associated to a fixed part to measure parameters of a magnetic field determined by the magnetic field source element, the parameters of the magnetic field being a function of the pressure applied to the rotatably moving part. The magnetic field source element includes a device for rotating around at least one axis the direction of the magnetic field as a function of the pressure applied to the rotatably moving part.
Claims7
A magnetic pressure sensing device for rotatably moving parts, comprising:
- a magnetic field source element associated to said rotatably moving part;
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- a magnetic field sensing element associated to a fixed part to measure parameters of a magnetic field determined by said magnetic field source element, said parameters of the magnetic field being a function of pressure applied to said rotatably moving part, wherein:
- said magnetic field source element comprises rotating means for rotating around at least one axis the direction of said magnetic field as a function of the pressure applied to said rotatably moving part,
- said magnetic field source element comprises at least a first permanent magnet for generating the magnetic field,
- said rotating means include converting means for converting a force determined by said pressure applied along said axis into a rotation of the direction of said magnetic field (H), and a second permanent magnet associated with said converting means,
- said first permanent magnet is associated at a fixed position along said axis to a wall portion of a chamber defined in said converting means, said wall portion superiorly closing said chamber,
- said converting means for converting said force into a displacement along said axis comprise a resilient membrane defining an inferior closing portion of said chamber,
- wherein said second permanent magnet includes an anisotropic ferromagnetic layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.