US Patent Issued to SKF Magnetic Mechatronics on March 18 for "Device for estimating the sensitivity of a sensor, associated method and system" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,390, issued on March 18, was assigned to SKF Magnetic Mechatronics (Saint-Marcel, France).

"Device for estimating the sensitivity of a sensor, associated method and system" was invented by Yves Dupuis (Saint-Just, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for estimating the sensitivity of a position sensor for a magnetic bearing supporting a rotor, the sensor being capable of measuring the position of the rotor in relation to the magnetic bearing, the magnetic bearing including at least one shaft provided with at least two radially opposite coils. The device includes a control, a current-measuring component, a component for mea...