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US3824863A
US3824863A US00333034A US33303473A US3824863A US 3824863 A US3824863 A US 3824863A US 00333034 A US00333034 A US 00333034A US 33303473 A US33303473 A US 33303473A US 3824863 A US3824863 A US 3824863A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F02D41/00—Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
    • F02D41/02—Circuit arrangements for generating control signals
    • F02D41/04—Introducing corrections for particular operating conditions
    • F02D41/045—Detection of accelerating or decelerating state
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01P—MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
    • G01P15/00—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
    • G01P15/02—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses
    • G01P15/08—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values
    • G01P15/12—Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces using solid seismic masses with conversion into electric or magnetic values by alteration of electrical resistance

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  • the present invention concerns a pickup device for detecting sudden movements, and more particularly to an electrical pickup device for detecting sudden movements of a control element of a combustion type engrne.
  • the purpose of the invention is to provide a transducer responsive to the sudden mov'ements'of the control element, or of an element which is mechanically connected to it, and'to produce signals to control by an electronic circuit associated with this transducer the fuel supply devices of the engine.
  • the de' tection of a release of the control element for example the throttle, may cause a momentary suppression of the fuel injection, and a supplementary or prolonged'injection in fuel in case of sudden acceleration.
  • the object of the present invention is a transducer for detectingsudden movements.
  • the transducer includes a rubber bar impregnated with carbon and capable of undergoing torsions around its longitudinal axis.
  • the bar is maintained fixed at its middle portion and its two ends are made fast so as to be rotated, simultaneously and in the same direction, by a spindle transend positions, the bar has a pre-torsion of one of its two halves, in such a way that under the effect of a movement in one direction of the control element (called positive) this pre-torsion diminishes while a torsion appears on the other-half, and that underthe effect of a movement of the control element inthe other direction (callednegative) this pre-torsion re-appears and the torsion on the other half diminishes.
  • the detection of sudden movements being effected by the measurement of the rapid increase in electrical resistanceof the two halves of the bar under the effect of a sudden torsion.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in longitudinal section of the pickup of movements according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a view in transverse section at the midportion of the pickup along line A-A of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a view in partial transverse section along line B--B of FIG. 1 showing the element for torsional movement of the rubber bar in its two extreme positrons.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram of an electronic circuit used with the transducer according-to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows the cylindrical housing '3 of the pickup assembly mounted on a rigid support 1 by any suitable means such as screws 1a.
  • the pickup is located within housing 3 and includes a bar 4 of rubber which is impregnated with carbon to make it electrically conductive.
  • Bar 4 is of generally square cross-section and, as shown, is also elongated.
  • the bar 4 is located within a collar formed of two pieces of electrically conductive material 7, 8 and having a suitably shaped center opening.
  • the bar is maintained fixed in its median transverse plane A-A by a cotter pin 5 engaging collar 7, 8'which assures in addition electrical contact with the common, or ground, point of the circuit at 6.
  • Collar 7, 8 avoids tearing of the bar 4 at the cotter pin 5 whose ends are engaged in two diametrically opposite longitudinal grooves 9 and 10 fonned on theintemal wall of housing 3.
  • the first, or right-hand, end 11 of the bar 4 is held by a movable spindle 12 of electrically conductive material.
  • Spindle 12 rotates about the longitudinal axis of bar 4 in an insulating bearing2 mounted in the support
  • the second, left-hand,end13 of bar 4 is mounted in a fastener 14' of electrically conductive material.
  • Fastener 14 is in turn mounted on the left end of a cylindrical-insulating sleeve 15, which bears againstthe inner surface of housing 3.
  • Sleeve 15 has transverse cutouts at the cotter pin 5 (FIG. 2) to permit its rotation.
  • the fastener 14, sleeve 15 and end 13 of .the bar are held together by a cotter pin 21.
  • Spindle '12 is connected to the righ-hand end of sleeve 15- to rotate the latter.
  • bar'4 is divided into two parts 26 and27, held fast at the mid-point 7,8, which can be rotated as the spindle 12 is turned.
  • rotation of spindle 12 is a counter clockwise direction turns bar section 26 in the same direction.
  • Sleeve 15 is rotated in the same direction and also turns fastener 14 and the left-hand section 26 of the bar in the same direction.
  • the housing 3 is closed by an insulating cover or stopper 17 which supports two electrical terminals 18 and 19.
  • Terminal 18 is connected to fastener 14, that is, the left end 13 of the bar.
  • Terminal 19 is connected to spindle 12 through a wire 20 embedded in a lower portion 16 of the sleeve 15 (FIG. 2).
  • a control lever 22 which is insulated from the spindle 12 bythe washers 40, 41 and 42 and held to a threaded end .of the spindle by anut 43.
  • the lever 22 is shown infull lines in a first end position where it rests on an abutment 23.
  • a return spring 24 is connected to the lever at one end and a rod 25 is attached to the other end of the lever and also to the'element (not shown) whose movements are to be monitored.
  • Position 22' of the lever represented in broken lines, corresonds to its other end position.
  • the bar 4 has its left half 26 at rest, without torsion, while its right half 27 has a pretorsion of about a quarter turn.
  • the bar 4 has its left half 26 at rest, without torsion, while its right half 27 has a pretorsion of about a quarter turn.
  • the left half 26 of the bar is without torsion, and in the otherend position the right half 27 is without torsion.
  • FIG. 4 shows the two halves 26 and 27 of the bar, both connected to the common point 6 and the ends of the respective halves of the bar are each connected 'to an electronic circuit by their respective electrical terminals l8 and 19.
  • the portion of the circuit located to the right of common point 6 serves to deliver a signal representative of a sudden movement of lever 22 in a direction, which can be called negative
  • the portion located to the left of point 6 to deliver a signal representative of a sudden movement in the opposite direction, called positive.
  • this signal representative of a negative sudden movement of the control element of the engine, the throttle or accelerator pedal can cause the flow of fuel furnished to the engine to bereduced or temporarily cutoff, while the signal representative of a positive sudden movement of the control element can cause the flow of fuel to be increased temporarily.
  • the portion of the circuit for producing the positive signal comprises two PNP transistors T1 and T2 whose emitters are both connected to the positive power supply terminal through a resistor 28.
  • the base of transistor T1 is connected on the one hand to the positive terminal through a resistor 29, and also to the collector of transistor T2 by a resistor 30.
  • the output terminal 31 of the signal representative of a positive sudden movement is taken off from the collector of transistor T1.
  • the collector of transistor T2 is connected to the common potential point 6 by a resistor 32.
  • the base of transistor T2 is connected to the common point 6 by a resistor 33.
  • Terminal 18 the free end of the left half bar section 4 is connected to the positive power supplyterminal by a resistor 35 and to the base of transistor T2 through a capacitor 34.
  • terminal 19 of the free end of the right-hand bar half 27 isconnected to the positive power supply terminal by a resistor 36, and
  • pacitor 37 The base of transistor T3 is also connected to the common point by a resistor 38.
  • the collector of transistor T3 is connected to the positive terminal by a resistor 39, and its emitter is connected to common by a resistor 40.
  • the output 41 for the signal representative of a negative sudden movement is tapped off from the collector of transistor T3.
  • the electric resistance of a bar of rubber impregnated with carbon increases progressively when the bar is subjected to a slow deformation.
  • the resistance increases, in case of the application of a slow torsion force until it approaches a given limit.
  • the resistance of the bar increases rapidly up to a value above the aforesaid limit value, then decreases toward this limit value. It is this sudden and great increase of the resistance of the bar that is utilized in accordance with the invention.
  • the bar halves 26 and 27 are each part of a voltage divider circuit with respective resistors 35 and 36. As the resistance of bar half 26 increases, the voltage applied to capacitor 34 increases. Similarly, as the resistance of resistor 27 increases, the voltage applied to capacitor 37 increases.
  • the bar 4 is dimensioned so that, for the slow torsions, the variation of resistance of the two halves 26 and 27 does not involve a variation of potential at points 18 and 19 sufficient to change the state of the transistors T2 and T3.
  • the variation of resistance involves a sufficient variation of the potential at points 18 or 19 to assure the change of state of the transistors T2 or T3.
  • the carbon-impregnated rubber bar is subjected to a torsion about its longitudinal geometric axis.
  • This mode of deformation'and the bar type form of the rubber element are not limitative.
  • the detection of the sudden movement of a throttle of a combustion engine is only one special application of this pickup.
  • the signals produced by the circuit of FIG. 4 are applied to a suitable part of the system for controlling the fuel supply.
  • the signals would be applied to the system computer to either increase or decrease the fuel supplied to the engine.
  • a transducer device comprising an elongated bar of deformable and resilient material having at least a partially retentive memory said bar including electrically conductive material so as to produce a change in the electrical resistance of said bar upon its deformation, means for holding a point on said bar fixed, means for applying a torsion force to another point on said bar to twist it about its longitudinal axis between said fixed point and said other point to change the resistance of the bar, and first and second electrical connections respectively connected at longitudinally spaced points to the portion of the bar that is twisted across which the change of resistance appears.
  • a transducer as in claim 2 further comprising means for applying a torsion force to said bar to simultaneously deform said first and second zones and to change the respective resistances thereof.
  • a transducer as in claim 3 further comprising means connected to said bar to apply a pre-torsion force to one of said first and second zones.
  • a transducer asin claim 2 further comprising an electronic control circuit having first and second amplifiermeans, means for connecting a respective one of said zones of said bar to a respective one of said first and second amplifier means, and means connected to each of said zones to control the operation of the respectively connected amplifier means in response to the change of resistance of the respective zone.
  • a transducer as in claim b further comprising means for connecting each said zone as part of a respective voltage divider, the voltage at a fixed point of one divider increasing as the voltage at a corresponding point of the other divider is decreasing in response to a torsion'force applied to said bar.
  • said means for applying the torsion force includes a mechanical linkage to a portion of a motive device which is responsive to acceleration or deceleration of the motive device to apply the torsion force to said bar.
  • a transducer as in claim 8 further comprising electronic circuit means connected to said first and second electrical connections and responsive to a rapid change in the resistance of the bar for producing a control 'signal.
  • a transducer as in claim 9 further comprising means for connecting said bar in series with a resistance in said electronic circuit to form a voltage divider across which a change in voltage appears in response to a change of resistance of the bar.
  • a transducer device comprising'a piece of elongated deformable material having electrically conductive properties such as to produce a change of electrical resistance of the piece upon its deformation, means for holding an intermediate point of said piece fixed, said holding means dividing said piece into first and second zones, a first electrical connection connected to said intermediate point, a second electrical connection respectively connected to another point of one of said zones, and a third electrical connection connected to another point of the other of said other zone, the change of resistance of each of said zones respectively appearing across said first and second and said first and third electrical connections, means for applying a pretorsion force to one of said zones, rotatable means connected to the free end of said first zone remote from said fixed intermediate point for applying a torsion force to said piece to simultaneously deform said first and second zones and to change the respective resistances thereof, and means connected between the said free end of said first zone and the free end of the second zone remote from said fixed intermediate point to convey the rotary motion imparted to the free end of said first zone to the free end of said second zone.

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US3011063A (en) * 1957-08-02 1961-11-28 Hughes Aircraft Co Oscilloscopic control device
US3145563A (en) * 1960-04-11 1964-08-25 Lockheed Aircraft Corp Piezoresistive transducer employing p-type lead telluride (pbte) as the piezoresistive material

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US2545737A (en) * 1947-11-01 1951-03-20 Goodrich Co B F Variable resistance pickup element
US3011063A (en) * 1957-08-02 1961-11-28 Hughes Aircraft Co Oscilloscopic control device
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