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US 12,281,951 · App. 17/929,022 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Magnetoelastic torque sensor with local measurement of ambient magnetic field

Inventors: Jean-Francois Veillette (St. Boniface, CA); Serge Kaldany (Munich, DE)
Assignee: BRP Megatech Industries Inc.
G01L3/102G01L5/221G01R33/072H10N35/101
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Patent No.
US 12,281,951
App. No.
17/929,022
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A torque sensor including a shaft that receives an applied torque is disclosed. The shaft includes a magnetoelastic region that generates a non-negligible magnetic field responsive to the applied torque and one or more null regions that each generates a negligible magnetic field. The torque sensor includes a plurality of null region sensors proximal a null region that generate a null region magnetic field measure corresponding to a magnitude of an ambient magnetic field. The torque sensor includes a magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the magnetoelastic region that generates a magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and a magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field. The torque sensor includes a controller coupled to the null region sensors and the magnetoelastic region sensor that calculates a magnitude of the applied torque based on the null region magnetic field measures and the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure.

Claims (51)

1. A torque sensor comprising:

a shaft that receives an applied torque, the shaft comprising a magnetoelastic region that generates a non-negligible magnetic field responsive to the applied torque and one or more null regions that each generates a negligible magnetic field;

a plurality of null region sensors, each null region sensor proximal one of the one or more null regions and generating a null region magnetic field measure corresponding to a magnitude of an ambient magnetic field;

a magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the magnetoelastic region and generating a magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and a magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field; and

a controller coupled to the plurality of null region sensors and the magnetoelastic region sensor that calculates a magnitude of the applied torque based on the null region magnetic field measures and the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure;

the shaft receiving the applied torque such that the magnetoelastic region generates the non-negligible magnetic field responsive to the applied torque, and wherein the controller calculates the magnitude of the applied torque by mapping the ambient magnetic field based on the null region magnetic field measures;

each null region sensor being disposed at a distance along the shaft;

the null region magnetic field measure generated by each null region sensor comprising a measure of the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the distance of the null region sensor along the shaft; and

the controller mapping the ambient magnetic field based on the null region magnetic field measures by calculating a line representing the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field with respect to distance along the shaft based on the null region magnetic field measures.

2. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein the line representing the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field with respect to distance along the shaft includes at least one of a constant function, a linear function, an exponential function, a power function, a root function, a polynomial function, a sinusoidal function, a rational function, or a logarithmic function.

3. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein:

the magnetoelastic region sensor is disposed at a distance along the shaft;

the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure generated by the magnetoelastic region sensor is based on the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the distance of the magnetoelastic region sensor along the shaft and the magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field; and

the controller calculates the magnitude of the applied torque by:

estimating, based on the line representing the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field with respect to distance along the shaft, the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the distance of the magnetoelastic region sensor along the shaft;

determining the magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field based on the estimated magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure; and

determining the magnitude of the applied torque based on the magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field.

4. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein the one or more null regions comprises a first null region, a second null region, and a third null region.

5. A torque sensor comprising:

a shaft that receives an applied torque, the shaft comprising a magnetoelastic region that generates a non-negligible magnetic field responsive to the applied torque and one or more null regions that each generates a negligible magnetic field;

a plurality of null region sensors, each null region sensor proximal one of the one or more null regions and generating a null region magnetic field measure corresponding to a magnitude of an ambient magnetic field;

a magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the magnetoelastic region and generating a magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and a magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field; and

a controller coupled to the plurality of null region sensors and the magnetoelastic region sensor that calculates a magnitude of the applied torque based on the null region magnetic field measures and the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure;

the one or more null regions comprising a first null region, a second null region, and a third null region;

the plurality of null region sensors comprising:

a first null region sensor disposed at a first distance along the shaft and proximal the first null region, the first null region generating a first null region magnetic field measure comprising a measure of the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the first distance;

a second null region sensor disposed at a second distance along the shaft and proximal the second null region, the second null region sensor generating a second null region magnetic field measure comprising a measure of the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the second distance; and

a third null region sensor disposed at a third distance along the shaft and proximal the third null region, the third null region sensor generating a third null region magnetic field measure comprising a measure of the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field at the third distance; and

the controller calculating the magnitude of the applied torque by mapping the ambient magnetic field based on the first null region magnetic field measure, the second null region magnetic field measure, and the third null region magnetic field measure by calculating a line representing the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field with respect to distance along the shaft based on the first null region magnetic field measure, the second null region magnetic field measure, and the third null region magnetic field measure.

6. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein:

the shaft further comprises a second magnetoelastic region;

the torque sensor further comprises a second magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the second magnetoelastic region that generates a second magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure; and

the controller is coupled to magnetoelastic region sensor and the second magnetoelastic region sensor and calculates the magnitude of the applied torque based on the null region magnetic field measures, the magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure, and the second magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure.

7. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein the one or more null regions comprises a first null region, a second null region, and a third null region and the shaft comprises a second magnetoelastic region.

8. The torque sensor of claim 7 , wherein the shaft comprises a first end and an opposing second end and an axis defined between the first and second ends.

9. The torque sensor of claim 8 , wherein the applied torque is applied to the shaft of the torque sensor about the axis.

10. The torque sensor of claim 8 , wherein the first null region, the second null region, the third null region, the magnetoelastic region, and the second magnetoelastic region each comprises a first end and an opposing second end defining a length along the axis.

11. The torque sensor of claim 10 , wherein the magnetoelastic region is disposed between the first null region and the second null region such that the first end of the magnetoelastic region contacts the second end of the first null region and the second end of the magnetoelastic region contacts the first end of the second null region; and

wherein the second magnetoelastic region is disposed between the second null region and the third null region such that the first end of the second magnetoelastic region contacts the second end of the second null region and the second end of the second magnetoelastic region contacts the first end of the third null region.

12. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of null region sensors and the magnetoelastic region sensor are disposed on a housing spaced from and adjacent to the shaft.

13. The torque sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of null region sensors and the magnetoelastic region sensor each comprises at least one of a Hall effect sensor, a giant magnetoresistance magnetometer, an AMR magnetometer, a magneto-optical sensor, a search coil magnetic field sensor, a magnetodiode, or a fluxgate magnetometer.

14. A torque sensor comprising:

a shaft that receives an applied torque, the shaft comprising:

a first null region, a second null region, and a third null region that each generates a negligible magnetic field; and

a first magnetoelastic region and a second magnetoelastic region that each generates a non-negligible magnetic field responsive to the applied torque;

a first null region sensor proximal the first null region and generating a first null region magnetic field measure corresponding to a magnitude of an ambient magnetic field;

a second null region sensor proximal the second null region and generating a second null region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field;

a third null region sensor proximal the third null region and generating a third null region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field;

a first magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the first magnetoelastic region and generating a first magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and a magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field generated by the first magnetoelastic region responsive to the applied torque;

a second magnetoelastic region sensor proximal the second magnetoelastic region and generating a second magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure corresponding to the magnitude of the ambient magnetic field and a magnitude of the non-negligible magnetic field generated by the second magnetoelastic region responsive to the applied torque; and

a controller coupled to the first null region sensor, the second null region sensor, the third null region sensor, the first magnetoelastic region sensor, and the second magnetoelastic region sensor that calculates a magnitude of the applied torque based on the first null region magnetic field measure, the second null region magnetic field measure, the third null region magnetic field measure, the first magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure, and the second magnetoelastic region magnetic field measure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2022
From: KA GROUP AG
To: BRP MEGATECH INDUSTRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 061870/0264 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: VEILLETTE, JEAN-FRANCOIS; KALDANY, SERGE
To: KA GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 060791/0330 →
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