Patent ID: 6321592
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60K,B63H,F02B,F02D

Abstract:
A method of calibrating a position sensor for a movable member, the position sensor having a variable output corresponding to a range of motion of the movable member, said method comprising the acts of:establishing, for the position sensor, a first output corresponding to a first given position of the movable member;establishing, for the position sensor, a maximum output corresponding to the first given position, the maximum output being greater than or equal to the first output;establishing, for the position sensor, a minimum output corresponding to the first given position, the minimum output being less than or equal to the first output;determining an actual output of the position sensor;if the actual output is between the maximum output and the minimum output, reestablishing the first output as a function of the first output and the actual output; andestablishing an actual position of the movable member as a function of the actual output and the first output.