- Patent Title: Magnetic position sensor for sensing position of a revolute joint
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Application No.: US16319284Application Date: 2017-07-19
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Publication No.: US11054282B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Paul Christopher Roberts , Edward John Mottram
- Applicant: CMR Surgical Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
- Current Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Priority: GB1612768 20160722
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/052125 WO 20170719
- International Announcement: WO2018/015750 WO 20180125
- Main IPC: G01D5/14
- IPC: G01D5/14 ; G01D5/245 ; G01D5/249

Abstract:
A method of assembling a position sensing arrangement for sensing the position of a revolute joint of an articulated structure. The position sensing arrangement comprises a magnetic sensor assembly and a disc having a first magnetic ring with j magnetic pole pairs and a second magnetic ring with k magnetic pole pairs. A boundary of the disc is constrained by the articulated structure. The method comprises: determining a number of pole pairs of the first magnetic ring to be an integer p such that the first magnetic ring is separated from the constrained boundary by at least the magnetic sensor assembly; determining a number of pole pairs of the second magnetic ring to be an integer q such that the second magnetic ring is separated from the first magnetic ring by a predetermined distance; and if p and q are co-prime: selecting j to be p and k to be q; and assembling the position sensing arrangement by mounting the disc to the articulated structure such that both the disc and the revolute joint are permitted to rotate about the same axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190265069A1 MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2019-08-29
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