FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND FAULT SYMPTOM DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLENOID ACTUATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240345165A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18380003

    申请日:2023-10-13

    发明人: Taeyoung KO

    摘要: A method of detecting a short or open fault even in a state where a solenoid actuator is not driven, and a system and a method of diagnosing a fault symptom are provided. A fault detection method for a solenoid actuator in a drive circuit of the solenoid actuator including a main controller, a high-side driver, a low-side driver and a short monitoring unit includes: detecting, by the main controller, a first short monitoring measurement value of the short monitoring unit in a state where at least one of the high-side driver and the low-side driver is turned off; comparing, by the main controller, the first short monitoring measurement value with a pre-stored short monitoring threshold value; and determining, by the main controller, a fault of the solenoid actuator based on the comparison result.

    Minimizing transient artifact of position estimate in inductively-sensed electromagnetic actuator system with shared inductive sensor

    公开(公告)号:US11948739B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-02

    申请号:US17568248

    申请日:2022-01-04

    IPC分类号: H01F7/18

    CPC分类号: H01F7/1844 H01F2007/185

    摘要: A system may include an electromagnetic actuator, a first coil configured to drive mechanical displacement of the electromagnetic actuator, a second coil configured to drive mechanical displacement of the electromagnetic actuator, and an inductance sensing subsystem having an inductance sensing path coupled to the first coil and the second coil. The inductance sensing subsystem may be configured to select one of the first coil and the second coil for driving mechanical displacement of the electromagnetic actuator, select the other of the first coil and the second coil as a sensing coil for sensing displacement of the electromagnetic actuator, determine a displacement of the electromagnetic actuator based on a measurement of estimated inductance of the sensing coil, and when switching selection of the sensing coil from the first coil to the second coil determine the displacement of the first coil based on a measured inductance of the first coil at approximately the time of switching selection, estimate state variables of the inductance sensing path to be used with the second coil based on the displacement, and apply the state variables to the inductance sensing path after switching selection of the sensing coil from the first coil to the second coil.

    Solenoid assembly actuation using resonant frequency current controller circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11915869B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US17881690

    申请日:2022-08-05

    发明人: Randall Shaffer

    IPC分类号: H01F7/18 H02M3/335 H01F7/06

    摘要: A latch system includes a releasably secured latch or keeper and a solenoid assembly. The solenoid assembly has a solenoid driver coupled to a power supply, a switching circuit connected with the solenoid driver, and a function generator to selectively adjust a frequency of a pick current output from the power supply and provided to the solenoid driver. The frequency is adjusted until the pick current induces a resulting vibration of said latch system sufficient to free a preloaded latch or keeper. The adjusted frequency may be a target frequency or a range of frequencies. Also included may be a preload sensor. When a preload is sensed, the frequency may be adjusted by the function generator until the pick current induces a resulting vibration of said latch system sufficient to free a preloaded latch or keeper.

    ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20240021351A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18026053

    申请日:2021-09-13

    发明人: Daniel GEISSLER

    IPC分类号: H01F7/122 H01F7/16 H01F7/18

    摘要: Adjustment device, comprising: a base component (B1), an adjustment body (10), at least one flexure hinge (21), by means of which the adjustment body (10) is rotatably hinged on the base component (B1) about a flexure hinge rotation axis (D1), and at least one drive device (C), which is coupled to the base component (B1) and to an adjustment body connection device (AV), in order to move the same relative to each other, wherein the drive device (C) comprises an actor (60) which comprises an electrical coil (71) with a coil axis (AS) extending along the flexure hinge rotation axis (D1) and a compensation component (80) of a magnetizable or magnetized material and at least one permanent magnet segment (MS), which is disposed beside the actor (60) movably beside the same, wherein the magnet field lines in the interior of the permanent magnet segment (MS) extend along the coil axis (AS), and an adjustment system, an computer program product.

    Ballistic unipolar bistable actuator

    公开(公告)号:US11657943B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US17285054

    申请日:2019-10-16

    摘要: An actuator for controlling the movement of an element between two stable positions with pulsed electrical control without a change in polarity comprises: a ferromagnetic mobile mass, at least one electrically controlled wire coil that is fixed with respect to the mobile mass, at least two ferromagnetic poles that are fixed with respect to the mobile mass and on either side of the mobile mass. The actuator comprises at least one permanent magnet that attracts the mobile mass in order to achieve the two stable positions. The mobile mass defines, with the ferromagnetic poles, at least two variable air gaps during the movement of the mobile apparatus. The magnetic flux of the permanent magnet opposes the magnetic flux generated by the at least one coil regardless of the position of the mobile mass.