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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device capable of accurately calculating the pre-load applied to a bearing without using an electrical contact such as a brush or a slip ring and without being influenced by a bearing temperature or the rotating speed of a spindle. SOLUTION: A spacer is interposed between race rings of rolling bearings 3A and 3B arranged side by side in an axial direction, and the pre-load is applied to the rolling bearings. A first electrode 11 is electrically connected to a fixed ring 3g of the rolling bearing. A second electrode 12 is provided on a member 8 in a fixed state with respect to the fixed ring 3g so as to be electrically insulated. An electrostatic capacity generation part 18 is formed between the second electrode 12 and a rotating ring 3i of the rolling bearing. The electrostatic capacity between the electrodes 11 and 12 is measured by an electrostatic capacity measurement means 19, and the bearing pre-load is detected by a pre-load detecting means 20 based on the measured value. Temperature sensors 22 and 23 for measuring the bearing temperature are disposed on the spacer 5 of the fixed ring 3g, and the pre-load detected by the pre-load detecting means 20 is corrected by a correcting means based on the measured bearing temperature. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device having improved distortion detecting sensitivity for measuring preload on a bearing in a well sensitive manner. SOLUTION: On part of a spacer in the axial direction, a ring-shaped distortion producing member 7 is provided for producing distortion with axial force on the spacer between both ends. The distortion producing member 7 includes distortion producing body parts 11 which each have a distortion producing portion 11ca easier to elastically deform than the other position, and load applying body parts 10 which are each integrally provided at one axial end of the distortion producing body part 11 for applying a load onto the distortion producing portion 11ca, at a plurality of circumferential positions. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetization coil performing multipolar magnetization of a magnet requiring a large magnetization field, e.g., a rare earth magnet, with a desired magnetization pattern and a sufficient strength while ensuring high reliability for insulation of the wire, and to provide its manufacturing process. SOLUTION: The magnetization coil comprises an inner yoke 1 of soft magnetic material having a wiring groove 4 formed in the outer circumference in correspondence with a magnetization pattern, a wire 5 laid in the wiring groove 4 along the wiring groove 4, and an inner yoke 7 of soft magnetic material covering the outside of the inner yoke 1. After laying at least the wire 5 in the wiring groove 4, a hole 9 for inserting a permanent magnet becoming the magnetization object is made in the center of the inner yoke 7 and surface treatment for protecting the wire is performed on the bottom face of the wiring groove 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device for a wheel fitted with a rotation sensor for detecting a rotative speed and a rotative direction, used for various vehicle control applications, providing a rotation signal of high resolution, and also having reduced size for rotation detection. SOLUTION: Double-row rolling elements 5 are interposed between rolling faces 6 and 7 of external and internal members 2 and 3 to support a wheel so as to allow it to rotate with respect to a vehicle body. A bearing axis O of one member of the external and internal members 2 and 3 includes a magnetic field generating means 21 having directionality around the bearing axis while the other member is provided with a sensor 22 sensing the magnetic field of the generating means 21 so as to axially stand opposite thereto. The sensor 22 comprises a magnetic sensor array with magnetic sensor elements disposed in an array shape or a two-dimensional vector sensor, and a sensor IC with its signal reading circuit and angle calculation means integrated on a semiconductor chip. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing with a multi-rotation absolute angle detecting function for accurately performing multi-rotation absolute angle detection while avoiding the effect of an external magnetic field and the internal magnetic interference of respective rotation detection parts with each other, and realizing miniaturization. SOLUTION: This bearing with a multi-rotation absolute angle detecting function is made by mounting bearing parts 21a and 21B with a multi-rotation absolute angle detecting mechanism 31 for detecting the number of rotations equal to or more than one rotation and an absolute angle of rotation. The detecting mechanism 31 comprises a one-rotation detecting part 18 for detecting the rotational angle of one rotation of relative rotation between the inner and outer rings of the bearing parts 21a and 21B, and a multi-rotation detecting part 3 for detecting the number of rotations equal to or more than one rotation of the relative rotation. The detecting mechanism 31 is provided with an external magnetic field shield material 11 for shielding itself from a magnetic field acting from the exterior. The shield material 11 is provided with a gap 11a between the detecting part 18 and the detecting part 3. The shield material 11 also serves as a stator housing of the detecting mechanism 31. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC tag with an external input function which can transmit in real time a signal input from outside, a wireless sensor with the IC tag, and a bearing having the IC tag with these external input function or a wireless sensor. SOLUTION: The IC tag 1 with the external input function comprises a CPU 4, memory 5 and wireless transmitting means 3 and 6, and besides comprises a port 8 which can receive an external signal and the external signal transmitting means 9 for transmitting the input external signal in real time. The wireless sensor is configured by adopting as a sensor an external device 10 to be connected with the port 8. The IC tag 1 with these external input functions or the wireless sensor is installed in an ordinary bearing and bearing for a wheel for example. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing apparatus with a rotary sensor capable of improving rotation detection performance and making the rotation sensor compact and lightweight. SOLUTION: The bearing apparatus with the rotation sensor is provided with an outer member 1 having raceway surfaces 6 and 7 in its inner circumference; an inner member 2 having raceway surfaces 8 and 9 opposed to the raceway surfaces 6 and 7 in its outer circumference; and a plurality of rolling elements 3 interposed between the opposed raceway surfaces. Either the outer member 1 or the inner member 2 is provided with a ring-like encoder 15 in which magnetic poles are arranged in a circumferential direction, and the other member is provided with a ring-like magnetic yoke 16, in which a coil 19 is embedded, in such a way to be opposed to the magnetic encoder 15. The rotation sensor 4 is constituted of the magnetic encoder 15 and the magnetic yoke 16 in which the coil 19 is embedded and detects rotation by a generated voltage induced in the coil 19 by the relative rotation of the magnetic encoder 15 and the magnetic yoke 16. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless sensor system difficult to receive influence of disturbance noise to improve reliability of a sensor signal, allowing a lightweight and compact configuration including a power source system, and communicable at any time. SOLUTION: This wireless sensor system has wireless sensor units 4A, 4B and a sensor signal receiver 5. The wireless sensor units 4A, 4B respectively have sensor parts 6A, 6B detecting a detection target, digitalization means 7 digitalizing the sensor signals, and sensor signal transmission parts 9A, 9B. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bearing device with a wireless sensor which can perform the transmission of a sensor signal and the power feeding to a sensor part or the like, and can detect not only a rotational speed but also a rotating direction. SOLUTION: A rolling bearing 10 comprises the sensor part 6 for detecting rotation, a sensor signal transmission part 9 for transmitting the sensor signal wirelessly, and a power receiving part 8. The power receiving part 8 is a means for receiving operating power of the sensor part 6 and the sensor signal transmission part 9 wirelessly. The sensor part 6 outputs two rotation number signals whose phase difference is almost 90°. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recognize a feed failure for a power supply part, to enable a wireless sensor system to be prevented from malfunctioning; and to enable the feed with stability to be available while transmission power consumption is saved. SOLUTION: This wireless sensor system is equipped with wireless sensor units 4A, 4B and a sensor signal receiver 5. Each of the wireless sensor units 4A, 4B has sensor parts 6A, 6B for detecting an object for the detection and sensor signal transmission parts 9A, 9B for transmitting its sensor signal wirelessly, and a power supply part 10. The power supply part 10 has power receiver parts 8A, 8B for receiving drive power transmitted wirelessly. In this system, a power supply monitoring part 7 for monitoring voltage for the power supply part 10 is arranged. On the sensor signal receiver 5, a power control means 14 for the monitoring for adjusting transmitting power in accordance with a result of the monitoring by the power supply monitoring part 7. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI