Shaft failure monitoring system using angled rotating teeth and phase detection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4833405
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07172015

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A shaft monitoring system for sensing axial movement of a shaft, especially in a gas turbine engine, comprises a toothed wheel attached to and rotatable with the shaft, and a pair of inductive sensors disposed radially of the toothed wheel for sensing the passage of the teeth as the shaft rotates. In one embodiment, the toothed wheel has two axially-spaced sets of teeth, one set straight cut and the other set diagonal cut, so that the phase difference between the respective outputs of the sensors varies with axial movement of the shaft. In another embodiment, the sensors are positioned at opposite axial ends of the toothed wheel, so that axial movement of the shaft causes one sensor output to increase in amplitude while the other decreases.

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SCHLUMBERGER ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED124 VICTORIA ROAD A CORP OF ENGLAND FARNBOROUGH HANTS GU14 7PW

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Douglas, Michael C Wormley, GB2 1 56
Perks, Malcolm P Abbots Landing, GB2 3 91
Proctor, Kenneth W Hornchurch, GB2 5 141
Richards, Paul N Knebworth, GB2 32 380
Snowden, David C Cockfosters, GB2 2 70

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