Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic position sensor
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Application No.: US16987828Application Date: 2020-08-07
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Publication No.: US11668818B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Jordan Loren Loos , Gregory Warren Pulley
- Applicant: Woodward, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01S15/06
- IPC: G01S15/06 ; G01S7/52

Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a position sensor system that includes a fluid effector that includes a housing having an inner surface defining a cavity, and a moveable body having a first face and a second face opposite the first face and configured to contact the inner surface and subdivide the cavity to define a first chamber and a second chamber, an acoustic transmitter system configured to emit a first emitted waveform toward the first face, and emit a second emitted waveform toward the second face, and an acoustic receiver system configured to detect a first reflected waveform based on a first reflection of the first emitted waveform based on the moveable body, and detect a second reflected waveform based on a second reflection of the second emitted waveform based on the moveable body.
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