Patent ID: 11953348
Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 18:
19. A network, comprising:
a first electrical circuit including a power source and a signal device, wherein the signal device generates an output signal indicative of a parameter of a movable component, wherein the movable component is a differential case;
a second electrical circuit including a sensing device, wherein the sensing device measures the parameter of the differential case and generates a corresponding sensor signal; and
a sensor assembly, including:
a first wire coil in electrical communication with the first electrical circuit, wherein the first wire coil is disposed within and coupled to a housing of an axle assembly, and wherein the axle assembly includes a differential assembly comprising the differential case, and wherein the differential assembly is supported within the housing of the axle assembly; and
a second wire coil in electrical communication with the second electrical circuit, wherein the second wire coil is spaced apart from the first wire coil generating a magnetic field therebetween to facilitate a transmission of an electrical current varied as a function of the parameter of the differential case from the second electrical circuit to the first electrical circuit;
wherein the second electrical circuit further includes at least one of an amplifier for increasing a magnitude of the corresponding sensor signal generated by the sensing device and a conditioning circuit for receiving and conditioning the corresponding sensor signal generated by the sensing device, and wherein the corresponding sensor signal is used to vary the electrical current transmitted from the first electrical circuit to the second electrical circuit.