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Vehicular actuator system

  • US 8,160,774 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2008
  • Issued: 04/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An actuator system for determining a relative height differential between a housing of an actuator assembly and a body of the actuator assembly for a vehicle, the vehicle having a suspension, the housing coupled to a first portion of the suspension, and the body coupled to a second portion of the suspension, the system comprising:

  • a sensor coupled to the inside of the housing; and

    a target coupled to the outside of the body, the sensor and the target cooperating to form a magnetic field that varies in a manner indicative of the distance therebetween, wherein the sensor generates a signal indicative of the position of the target with respect to the sensor, and further comprising an electronics assembly coupled to the sensor, and configured to receive the signal and determine the relative height differential therefrom.

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