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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132474 | Hall effect helicopter mast torque meter A Hall effect helicopter mast torque meter includes a stand pipe, a first magnet, a second magnet, and a sensor. The stand pipe is connected to the top of the mast such that the stand pipe rotates at the same velocity as the mast. The first magnet is operably associ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8020453 | Inductive position sensor A system to measure the displacement of relatively moveable bodies along an axis comprising: a resonant electrical intermediate device further comprising an inductor, whose width varies along the displacement axis, and a capacitor in electrical series which co-opera... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020454 | Torque detection device and electric power steering apparatus using the same A torque detection device has a magnetic flux collecting ring, arranged outside an outer periphery of a magnetic circuit forming member which is provided in a rotating body applied with a torque, for collecting a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic circuit formi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7963179 | Arrangement for the non-contact measurement of torque An arrangement for the non-contact measurement of torque on a shaft of a transmission. The arrangement having at least one detector (1) for detecting a variation in a magnetic field (2) as a function of a torque applied to the shaft. The shaft is a hol... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7886619 | Torque detecting apparatus and manufacturing method of same A torque detecting apparatus includes two magnetism collecting rings cylindrical portions enclosing a magnetic circuit forming member provided on a rotating body and a magnetism sensitive device disposed between the protruding pieces protruding from parts of the cyl... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7798019 | Torque detecting apparatus, and method for assembling torque detecting apparatus A torque detecting apparatus for detecting rotational torque applied to a first and a second shafts which are coaxially connected to each other by a torsion bar by using a relative angular displacement between a cylindrical magnet fixedly fitted onto the first shaft... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7762148 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electric power steering apparatus A magnetostrictive torque sensor having a first magnetostrictive film and a second magnetostrictive film, which are both provided on a shaft and have different magnetic anisotropies. A first detection coil and a second detection coil are arranged to face the first m... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7726208 | Combined steering angle and torque sensor A combined steering angle and torque sensor that inductively and with eddy current damping generates two absolute angle measurement signals over an angle range of 360 degrees including a first damping rotor being disposed on an end of an input shaft of steering colu... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7685891 | Magnetic principle based torque sensor A torque sensor having a sensor element, wherein the sensor element is manufactured in accordance with the manufacturing steps of applying a first current pulse to the sensor element, wherein the first current pulse is applied such that there is a first current flow... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7640814 | Demagnetization-field enhancing magnetometer A magnetometer for a force sensor assembly includes first inner and outer coils that are spaced axially apart from second inner and outer coils. Between the inner and outer coils is a plurality of magnetic strips. These magnetic strips are disposed at axially distin... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7624653 | Torque sensor with a resin housing and a method of manufacturing the same The torque sensor includes a plurality of coil units having a substantially cylindrical shape, the coil units including a plurality of detection coils arranged to face a magnetic characteristic change portion formed on a rotary shaft. The coil units include a first ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7584672 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor A magnetostrictive torque sensor having: a rotating shaft to rotate around a center axis, the rotating shaft having magnetostrictive characteristics; and a cylindrical magnetic core disposed at a predetermined distance on an outer periphery of the rotating shaft, th... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7562591 | Steering angle sensor An apparatus for determining an angular position of a shaft, such as a steering column, comprises a coil assembly, a coil support, and a coupler element having a coupler angular position correlated with the angular position of the shaft. The coil assembly includes a... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562590 | Torque detecting device and manufacturing method of yoke assembly A yoke assembly is constructed by retaining integrally a yoke ring having positioning holes aligned with pole claws arranged equally on the inner circumference and a yoke ring having positioning holes aligned with the space between pole claws arranged equally on the... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7540204 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor and electrically powered steering apparatus using same A magnetostrictive torque sensor includes a rotating shaft that is rotated by an applied torque, magnetostrictive films formed around the entire circumferential periphery of a surface of the rotating shaft in at least one location, sensor coils for sensing a change ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7533584 | Systems and methods for temperature compensating torque sensors Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for temperature compensating a torque sensor. One apparatus includes a shaft temperature detector and a temperature compensation circuit configured to alter tensile and compression voltages representative of tensile and c... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533583 | Torque detecting apparatus Magnetic pole nails 51, 51 . . . aligned on magnetic yokes 5, 5 that integrally rotate with the second shaft 2 are formed in a rectangular shape, and the circumferential width and alignment pitch of the magnetic pole nails 51, 51 . . . ar... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7509883 | Torque detecting apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A detecting unit for detecting a torque applied to a rotor according to rotation of the rotor having an input shaft and an output shaft connected with each other by a torsion bar and a detection circuit board connected with the detecting unit are molded with synthet... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506554 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor system and electric steering system A magnetostrictive torque sensor includes first and second magnetostrictive films which are provided at a shaft and have different magnetic anisotropies; a first measurement coil and a second measurement coil which face the first magnetostrictive film; and a third m... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7469604 | Sensor system including a magnetized shaft A sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one magnetized active region. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, and may provide an output representative of torque applied to the shaft, shaft... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7448286 | System for determining working parameters of a magnetic clutch A magnetic clutch has a rotatable input part with first magnets and a rotatable output part with second magnets, the output part being magnetically coupled to the input part. At least one sensor measures a magnetic field or its temporal differentiation and is positi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7433758 | Control apparatus of robot A robot control apparatus capable of largely reducing a calculation amount to be capable of lowering a load of a CPU is provided. A control apparatus of a robot includes: a plurality of shafts interfering with each other; each of the shafts including a motor (8 | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428847 | Torque detection device An inventive torque detection device includes: a magnetic circuit forming member provided at a rotating body to which a torque is applied; a magnetic flux collecting ring for collecting a generated magnetic flux; a detection part for detecting, based on the density ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424829 | Bipolar output torque sensor A torque sensor where a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft are disposed on a common axial line, with the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft being coupled together by a torsion bar, and which detects torsional torque applied between the first ro... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424830 | Torque sensor A torque sensor 1 is provided with two shafts 3, 4 (input shaft 3 and output shaft 4) which constitute a shaft member 2, which is a torque detection object, an elastic member 5 which connects the shafts 3 and 4... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415899 | Torque detecting apparatus The number n of N-poles and S-poles circumferentially aligned on the cylindrical magnet that integrally rotates with the first shaft is determined so as to be a greatest integer that satisfies the following formula that includes a maximum value Tmax (Nm) ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415898 | Torque detecting apparatus and electric power steering apparatus A torque detecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a first shaft and a second shaft connected coaxially to each other through a connecting shaft, a permanent magnet fixed to the first shaft, a plurality of soft magnetic members having a collar ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412906 | Steering system torque sensor A sensor apparatus for a power steering system on a vehicle, where the apparatus includes an input shaft for receiving a steering input and for rotating about a rotational axis. An output shaft is provided for transmitting the steering input from the input shaft to ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406883 | Compact device for measuring the speed and the direction of rotation of an object The invention concerns a device for measuring the speed and direction of rotation of an object (3) near to which it is placed. It comprises: a magnetic detection device (2) that delivers, in response to a rotation of ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406884 | Device for determining a steering angle and a torque that is exerted on a steering shaft A device determines a torque that is exerted on a shaft, the shaft having a first shaft section and a second shaft section, the two shaft sections being rotatable in relation to one another. The device comprise a multi-pole magnetic ring and a stator support that is... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7392713 | Monitoring system for turbomachinery A sensing system for monitoring a property of an electrically conductive moving element of turbomachinery. The sensing system includes a sensing system housing. A magnetic core is contained within the sensing system housing. A coil is positioned about at least a por... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391211 | Digital fluxgate magnetometer A circuit for a fluxgate magnetometer includes a plurality of digital function blocks that are programmed as functions within a microcontroller. The microcontroller includes and implements the functions of an analog circuit to lower the cost and complexity of a digi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389702 | Magnetostrictive torque sensor A magnetostrictive torque sensor comprises a rotary shaft rotating around its center axis and having a magnetostrictive characteristic and a cylindrical ferrite magnetic core disposed at a predetermined distance from the outer periphery of the rotary shaft and coaxi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387034 | Torque detecting apparatus A torque detecting apparatus having a permanent magnet fixed to an input shaft, magnetic yokes fixed to an output shaft coaxially connected to the input shaft via a torsion bar and disposed within a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to form a magnetic circuit, ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386930 | Method for manufacturing a magnetostrictive torque sensor For forming an annular magnetostrictive coat on an outer peripheral surface of a rotational shaft associated with a magnetostrictive torque sensor, a magnetostrictive coat forming method comprises a step of fitting a cylindrical masking jig over the outer peripheral... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370541 | Torque detecting apparatus A torque detecting apparatus detects torque applied upon a torsion bar of an electric power steering apparatus, as two sensors, which have ratiometric characteristics and have the same characteristics, simultaneously detect the amount of torsion of the torsion bar. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363827 | Torque sensor system including an elliptically magnetized shaft A torque sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one active region having an elliptical magnetization. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, where the magnetic field is representative of a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360459 | Rotation sensor mounted on a shaft A rotation sensor includes a first rotor constituted by a magnetic material and having an outer face that has first conductive layers disposed in two levels as viewed in the direction of a rotation axis and second conductive layers disposed outwardly of and between ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360457 | Electric power steering device The present invention relates to an electric power steering device provided with a torque sensor for detecting a torque using coil windings arranged in the inside of an electromagnetic yoke. The electric power steering device comprises coil bobbins which are housed ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361998 | Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for powering a load from an ambient source of energy is provided. The device includes an energy harvesting device for harvesting energy from the ambient source of energy wherein the rate energy is harvested from the ambient source of energy is below that re... | 04/22/2008 |
