An apparatus and use of the apparatus for monitoring a current-carrying device wherein at least one acceleration sensor produces acceleration measurement values and a communication device transmits produced acceleration measurement values. A power supply unit is for the acceleration sensor and the communication device. The power supply unit includes an induction plate of a metallic material and a conductor loop extending around the induction plate and produces a power supply for the acceleration sensor and the communication device exclusively through induction from an electromagnetic alternating field of the current-carrying device. The apparatus can be positioned in a closed housing having a housing wall and the induction plate can be at least a subregion of the housing wall.

A speed sensing adapter plate is provided and includes an adapter housing having a perimeter and a central portion and including a body having first and second opposite sides, mounting features disposed in the perimeter to extend from the first side to the second side, a shaft, bearings and a speed sensor. The shaft is disposed in the central portion and includes first and second splines at the first and second sides, respectively, and a flange. The flange is axially interposed between the first and second splines such that input rotational energy is transmittable from the first spline to the second spline via the flange. The bearings are disposed to rotatably support the shaft within the adapter housing. The speed sensor is coupled to the perimeter of the adapter housing and is configured to measure a rotational speed of the shaft from rotational energy driven rotations of the flange.

A deployment system for a device of a vehicle is described. The deployment system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions of the deployment system and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor is configured to deploy the device using a parameter, determine a Mean Square Error (MSE), and run a Statistical Process Control (SPC) test on the MSE. The processor is further configured to determine that no special event is present and process a new parameter using the parameter and the SPC test results. An evolutionary operation (EVOP) algorithm is also used to calculate the new parameter.

A round-robin sensing device is disclosed. The round-robin sensing device comprises a MEMS device, wherein the MEMS device includes first and second sense electrodes. The round-robin sensing device also comprises a multiplexer coupled to the first and second sense electrodes, at least one sense amplifier coupled to the multiplexer, a demodulator coupled to the at least one sense amplifier, and an integrate and dump circuit coupled to the demodulator. Finally, the round-robin sensing device comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the de-multiplexer, wherein the multiplexer, the at least one sense amplifier and the demodulator provide a continuous time sense path during amplification that is resettable and wherein the integrate and dump circuit and the ADC provide a discrete time processing path.

A round-robin sensing device is disclosed. The round-robin sensing device comprises a MEMS device, wherein the MEMS device includes first and second sense electrodes. The round-robin sensing device also comprises a multiplexer coupled to the first and second sense electrodes, at least one sense amplifier coupled to the multiplexer, a demodulator coupled to the at least one sense amplifier, and an integrate and dump circuit coupled to the demodulator. Finally, the round-robin sensing device comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the de-multiplexer, wherein the multiplexer, the at least one sense amplifier and the demodulator provide a continuous time sense path during amplification that is resettable and wherein the integrate and dump circuit and the ADC provide a discrete time processing path.

A fluid-flow measuring apparatus is made of an enclosure housing that supports a plurality of flow-receiving tubes, each one of which has a plurality of apertures the either face substantially towards the source of fluid flow or away therefrom, a dispersing blade with a surface located in a plane that is parallel to a plane that is tangent to the surface of at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, a hub intersecting at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, and a facilitator structure that separates at least two of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes.

A fluid-flow measuring apparatus is made of an enclosure housing that supports a plurality of flow-receiving tubes, each one of which has a plurality of apertures the either face substantially towards the source of fluid flow or away therefrom, a dispersing blade with a surface located in a plane that is parallel to a plane that is tangent to the surface of at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, a hub intersecting at least one of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes, and a facilitator structure that separates at least two of the plurality of flow-receiving tubes.

A disclosed sensor includes a substrate, a substrate electrode, a sensor element, a sensor electrode, and a connection member. The substrate has a main face. The substrate electrode is disposed on the main face. The sensor element has a first face perpendicular to the main face, and detects an angular velocity about an axis parallel to the main face. The sensor electrode is disposed on the first face of the sensor element. The connection member connects the substrate electrode and the sensor electrode. The width of the sensor electrode at a position closer to the main face is smaller than the width of the sensor electrode at a position farther from the main face.

A disclosed sensor includes a substrate, a substrate electrode, a sensor element, a sensor electrode, and a connection member. The substrate has a main face. The substrate electrode is disposed on the main face. The sensor element has a first face perpendicular to the main face, and detects an angular velocity about an axis parallel to the main face. The sensor electrode is disposed on the first face of the sensor element. The connection member connects the substrate electrode and the sensor electrode. The width of the sensor electrode at a position closer to the main face is smaller than the width of the sensor electrode at a position farther from the main face.

A wheel speed sensor may comprise a magnet; an induction coil coupled to the magnet; a rotor comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein the magnet is disposed proximate the plurality of teeth; a gear system coupled to the rotor comprising an initial gear, wherein the initial gear may be configured to be coupled to a wheel and configured to rotate at a speed equal to a wheel rotational speed of the wheel. The gear system may be configured to cause a rotor rotational speed of the rotor to be greater than the wheel rotational speed in response to the wheel rotating.