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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for determining measurement characteristics of an object with a time displacement sensor
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Application No.: US16367451Application Date: 2019-03-28
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Publication No.: US11061047B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Skylar C. Watson , Scott M. Gordon , Zachary T. Pawson
- Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G01P3/66

Abstract:
A sensor for measuring displacement and time comprises a hollow body including a longitudinal axis. The hollow body comprises a wall including an inner surface and an outer surface, and a pathway defined by the inner surface. The sensor further comprises a solid body including an outer surface, the solid body configured to be received by the hollow body and travel through the pathway. The sensor further comprises a plurality of frangible wires, where each wire of the plurality of wires extends through a first opening in the wall, across the pathway, and through a second opening in the wall, and each wire is spaced apart by a distance in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body.
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