All The Claims

1. A method to detect a coating on a fluid sensor, comprising:
determining a fluid sample type;
performing, via the fluid sensor, at least one fluid sample measurement; and
determining, based on the determination of the fluid sample type, whether the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of a film coating on a fluid sensor interface with the sampled fluid.
2. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising initiating a process to remove the coating in response to determining that the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of the coating.
3. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein determining a fluid sample type comprises determining whether the fluid sample is a gas, and wherein performing at least one fluid sample measurement comprises measuring a fluid sample for at least one of an optical density parameter, a color absorption parameter, a scattering parameter, a water fraction parameter, a reflection parameter or a fluorescence parameter.
4. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein determining whether the fluid sample is a gas comprises measuring a gasoil ratio and determining whether the gasoil ratio is within a predetermined range.
5. A method as defined in claim 4, wherein determining whether the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of the coating comprises comparing the optical density parameter and the color absorption parameter to corresponding threshold values typical of gas.
6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein determining whether there is a coating on the sensor is based on the at least one fluid sample measurement being indicative of a first result that is contradictory to the determined sample fluid type.
7. A method as defined in claim 6, wherein the at least one fluid sample measurement is obtained with an optical reflectionfluorescence sensor or an optical spectrometer.
8. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein performing, via the fluid sensor, at least one fluid sample measurement comprises measuring a plurality of color absorption parameters for each of a plurality of wavelengths.
9. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein determining whether the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of the coating comprises determining that a first color absorption parameter associated with a first wavelength corresponds to a higher optical density than an optical density associated with a second color absorption parameter associated with a second wavelength that is longer than the first wavelength.
10. A method as defined in claim 8, wherein determining whether the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of the coating comprises determining that the plurality of color absorption parameters correspond to an absorption pattern of a substance indicative of the coating substance.
11. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein determining whether the at least one sample fluid measurement is indicative of the coating comprises determining whether the at least one measured parameter is within a range of values determined by the fluid type.
12. A method as defined in claim 1, further comprising pumping the fluid sample into a fluid analyzer and wherein determining whether the at least one fluid sample measurement is indicative of the coating comprises determining that the at least one fluid sample measurement is substantially unresponsive to the pumping of the fluid sample.
13. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein determining the fluid sample type comprises performing, via a second fluid sensor, a second fluid sample measurement.
14. A method as defined in claim 1 performed while drilling.
15. An apparatus to detect a coating on a fluid sensor, comprising:
a fluid sensor to measure at least one fluid sample parameter; and
a processing unit to determine a fluid sample type, and whether the at least one fluid sample parameter is indicative of a film coating on a fluid sensor interface with the sampled fluid based on the determination of the fluid sample type.
16. An apparatus as defined in claim 15, wherein the fluid sensor is to measure a gasoil ratio, and the processing unit is to determine whether the fluid sample type is a gas by determining whether the gasoil ratio is within a predetermined range.
17. An apparatus as defined in claim 16, wherein the fluid sensor is to measure an optical density parameter and a color absorption parameter and the processing unit is to determine that the coating is on the sensor based on at least one of an optical density parameter and a color absorption parameter.
18. A method to detect a coating on a window of a fluid analyzer, comprising:
measuring an optical density parameter of a fluid sample;
measuring a color absorption parameter of the fluid sample for each of a plurality of color channels;
determining a gasoil ratio of the fluid sample; and
determining that there is a coating on the window of the fluid analyzer based on two or more of the optical density parameter, the color absorption parameters, and the gasoil ratio of the fluid sample.
19. A method as defined in claim 18, further comprising determining a water fraction of the fluid sample and comparing the water fraction to a predetermined threshold and wherein determining that there is a coating on the window is further based on the comparison.
20. A method as defined in claim 18, further comprising determining a reflectionfluorescence parameter associated with the fluid sample and wherein determining that there is a coating on the window is further based on the reflectionfluorescence parameter.
21. A method as defined in claim 18, wherein determining that there is a coating on the window is further based on at least two of the parameters having contradictory indications.
22. A method as defined in claim 18 further comprising:
performing a first comparison of the optical density parameter with a predetermined value;
performing a second comparison of color absorption parameters with a predetermined color absorption pattern; and
wherein determining that there is a coating on the window of the fluid analyzer is based on the first and second comparisons.
23. A method as defined in claim 22, wherein performing a second comparison of color absorption parameters with a predetermined color absorption pattern comprises determining whether optical density decreases as wavelength increases.
24. A method as defined in claim 18, further comprising pumping the fluid sample into the fluid analyzer and wherein determining there is a coating on the window comprises determining that at least one of the optical density parameter or the water fraction parameter is substantially unresponsive to the pumping of the fluid sample.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An order-preserving encryption system comprising:
encryption unit configured to generate, upon receiving a plaintext as input, an order-preserved cipher in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of a set generated from a plaintext space included in a secret key using a uniform distribution and a key to a predetermined pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution.
2. The order-preserving encryption system according to claim 1, further comprising:
key generation unit configured to generate a first set S comprising elements selected from a plaintext space uniformly at random and generating a second set L comprising a uniform random number as a function of the first set S to generate data comprising the first set S and the second set S as a secret key; wherein
upon receiving a plaintext as input, based on the secret key, the encryption unit calculates a count C\u2033 of elements in the second set L corresponding to an element having a value of not more than a value MB determined from the plaintext, of the elements in the first set S to determine the count C\u2033 as a first value that follows the predetermined probability distribution, calculates a count C\u2032 determined from a count of elements in the plaintext space to determine the count C\u2032 as a second value that follows the predetermined probability distribution, and adds the second value C\u2032 to the first value C\u2033 to generate an order-preserved cipher OPEPart.
3. The order-preserving encryption system according to claim 1, further comprising:
key generation unit configured to generate a key to a predetermined pseudorandom function as a secret key; wherein
upon receiving a plaintext as input, based on the secret key, the encryption unit calculates a value MB determined from the plaintext, obtains a value MBNum by a bisection method that defines the value MB as an accuracy of an approximate solution to determine the value MBNum as a first value that follows the predetermined probability distribution, and obtains a value MBVal by a bisection method that defines the first value MBNum as an accuracy of an approximation solution to determine the value MBVal as a second value that follows the predetermined probability distribution to generate an order-preserved cipher OPEPart using the second value MBVal,
the bisection method that obtains the first value MBNum uses a binomial distribution to calculate a value MidNum in a middle Mid between an upper limit High and a lower limit Low of the bisection method based on the upper limit High, the lower limit Low, and values HighNum and LowNum at the upper limit High and the lower limit Low,
the bisection method that obtains the second value MBVal uses a binomial distribution to calculate a value MidVal in a middle MidNum between an upper limit HighNum and a lower limit LowNum of the bisection method based on the upper limit HighNum, the lower limit LowNum, and values HighVal and LowVal at the upper limit HighNum and the lower limit LowNum, and
the binomial distribution used for each of the bisection method that obtains the first value MBNum and the bisection method that obtains the second value MBVal is generated using a pseudorandom number obtained by inputting the secret key to the pseudorandom function.
4. The order-preserving encryption system according to claim 2, wherein
the key generation unit generates not only the secret key but also a symmetric key for symmetric-key cryptography and a MAC key for a message authenticator,
upon receiving a plaintext as input, the encryption unit generates the order-preserved cipher OPEPart using the secret key, encrypts the plaintext by a symmetric encryption scheme using the symmetric key to generate a cipher SymPart, and adds a message authenticator MACPart generated using the MAC key to a complex cipher formed by a combination of the cipher OPEPart and the cipher SymPart to generate a cipher text Cipher, and
the order-preserving encryption system further comprises:
decryption unit configured to reconstruct, upon receiving the cipher text Cipher generated by the encryption unit, a cipher OPEPart, a cipher SymPart, and a message authenticator MACPart from the cipher text Cipher, checking validity of the reconstructed message authenticator MACPart using the MAC key and a complex cipher formed by a combination of the reconstructed cipher OPEPart and the reconstructed cipher SymPart, and, when the reconstructed message authenticator MACPart is determined to be valid, decrypting the reconstructed cipher SymPart using the symmetric key to obtain a plaintext.
5. The order-preserving encryption system according to claim 1, wherein letting p be a real number, the predetermined probability distribution takes 0 with a probability p and 1 with a probability 1\u2212p.
6. An encryption device comprising:
encryption unit configured to generate, upon receiving a plaintext as input, an order-preserved cipher in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of a set generated from a plaintext space included in a secret key using a uniform distribution and a key to a pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution.
7. A database system comprising:
encryption unit configured to generate, upon receiving a plaintext as input, an order-preserved cipher OPEPart in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of a set generated from a plaintext space included in a secret key using a uniform distribution and a key to a pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution;
data storage unit configured to store the cipher OPEPart generated by the encryption unit as data; and
size comparison unit configured to determine a size of a content of the data stored in the data storage unit relative to an arbitrary plaintext M; wherein
the size comparison unit determines a size of the content of the data relative to an arbitrary plaintext M by comparing a size of the data to be determined with a cipher OPEPart_M for the plaintext M having undergone order-preserving encryption by the encryption unit.
8. The database system according to claim 7, further comprising:
encryption unit configured to generate, upon receiving a plaintext as input, an order-preserved cipher OPEPart in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of a set generated from a plaintext space included in a secret key using a uniform distribution and a key to a pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution, encrypting the plaintext by a symmetric encryption scheme using a symmetric key to generate a cipher SymPart, and adding a message authenticator MACPart generated using a MAC key to a complex cipher formed by a combination of the cipher OPEPart and the cipher SymPart to generate a cipher text Cipher;
decryption unit configured to reconstruct, upon receiving the cipher text Cipher, a cipher OPEPart, a cipher SymPart, and a message authenticator MACPart from the cipher text Cipher, checking validity of the reconstructed message authenticator MACPart using the MAC key and a complex cipher formed by a combination of the reconstructed cipher OPEPart and the reconstructed cipher SymPart, and, when the reconstructed message authenticator MACPart is determined to be valid, decrypting the reconstructed cipher SymPart using the symmetric key to obtain a plaintext;
data storage unit configured to store the cipher text Cipher generated by the encryption unit as data; and
size comparison unit configured to determine a size of a content of the data stored in the data storage unit relative to an arbitrary plaintext M; wherein
the size comparison unit determines a size of the content of the data relative to an arbitrary plaintext M by comparing a size of the cipher OPEPart reconstructed from the data to be determined with a cipher OPEPart_M for the plaintext M having undergone order-preserving encryption by the encryption unit.
9. An order-preserving encryption method comprising:
generating one of data including a set generated from a plaintext space using a uniform distribution and a key to a predetermined pseudorandom function to obtain a secret key; and
upon receiving a plaintext as input, generating an order-preserved cipher in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of the set included in the secret key and the key to the predetermined pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution.
10. An order-preserving encryption program for causing a computer to execute:
processing of, upon receiving a plaintext as input, generating an order-preserved cipher in accordance with a predetermined probability distribution generated based on a value determined from the plaintext and on one of a set generated from a plaintext space included in a secret key using a uniform distribution and a key to a pseudorandom function, the probability distribution representing a conditional probability as a binomial distribution.

1. An airfield lighting control and monitoring system, said system comprising:
a main computer;
a backup computer;
a main backbone fiber optic to serial interface, wherein a serial interface portion thereof is coupled to the main computer;
a backup backbone fiber optic to serial interface, wherein a serial interface portion thereof is coupled to the backup computer;
a first fiber optic router having a plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs;
a backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit having a main backbone fiber optic portion and a backup backbone fiber optic portion, wherein
a first end of the main backbone fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the main backbone fiber optic to serial interface,
a second end of the main backbone fiber optic portion is coupled to one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of the first fiber optic router,
a first end of the backup backbone fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the backup backbone fiber optic to serial interface, and
a second end of the backup backbone fiber optic portion is coupled to one of a plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of a second fiber optic router;

a plurality of local light control and monitoring groups, each of the plurality of local light control and monitoring groups comprises:
a main concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a backup concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a plurality of light controllers having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs, wherein the plurality of light controllers are fiber optically coupled together, the first one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the main concentrator, and the last one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the backup concentrator; and
a local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit having a main local fiber optic portion and a backup local fiber optic portion, wherein
a first end of the main local fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the main concentrator,
a second end of the main local fiber optic portion is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of the first fiber optic router,
a first end of the backup local fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the backup concentrator, and
a second end of the backup local fiber optic portion is coupled to another respective one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of the second fiber optic router;
wherein the main and backup computers can communicate with any one or more of the plurality of light controllers through the backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit, the first fiber optic router, the second fiber optic router, respective ones of the local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuits, and respective ones of the main or backup concentrators.
2. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the first fiber optic router comprises:
a plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces, each of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces having first and second transmit and receive fiber optic port pairs and a transmit and receive serial port pair;
wherein the transmit and receive serial port pairs thereof are coupled together such that digital information can be transferred between any two or more of the transmit and receive serial port pairs,
digital information can be transferred between the first and the second transmit and receive fiber optic port pairs, and
digital information can be transferred between the transmit and receive serial port pair and the first or the second transmit and receive fiber optic port pairs;

the first or second transmit and receive fiber optic port pairs of one of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces of the first fiber optic router is coupled to the second end of the main backbone fiber optic portion of the backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit; and
each of the second ends of the main local fiber optic portions of the local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuits is coupled to the first or second fiber optic port pairs of a respective one of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces of the first fiber optic router.
3. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the fiber optic router comprises a plurality of fiber optic routers, wherein each of the plurality of fiber optic routers comprises a portion of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces.
4. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the serial interface portions of the first and second backbone fiber optic to serial interfaces are RS-422485 compatible.
5. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the transmit and receive serial port pairs of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces are RS-422485 compatible.
6. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the serial interface portions of the first and second backbone fiber optic to serial interfaces are selected from the group consisting of Ethernet, USB and Firewire compatible interfaces.
7. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of local light controllers controls at least one airfield light.
8. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising each of the main and backup concentrators controls at least one airfield light.
9. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein the at least one airfield light is selected from the group consisting of in-pavement runway guard light (IRGL), elevated runway guard light (ERGL), stop bar light, and center line lights.
10. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 2, further comprising a serial switch for coupling together the transmit and receive serial port pairs of the plurality of fiber optic to serial interfaces.
11. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each of the main and backup concentrators, and the plurality of light controllers comprise:
a digital processor;
random access memory coupled to the digital processor;
programmable nonvolatile memory coupled to the digital processor;
first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs to a transmit and receive serial port pair coupled to the digital processor;
a programming and maintenance serial interface port coupled to the digital processor;
lamp drivers;
burnt-out lamp detection; and
a power supply.
12. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the main and backup concentrators further comprise a program for storing and forwarding status information from and commands to the plurality of light controllers.
13. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 11, wherein the first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs can transfer digital information therebetween, and to and from the transmit and receive serial port pair.
14. The airfield lighting control and monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the main and backup computers comprise one computer having main and backup serial interfaces.
15. A local light control and monitoring group, comprising:
a main concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a backup concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a plurality of light controllers having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs, wherein the plurality of light controllers are fiber optically coupled together, the first one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the main concentrator, and the last one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the backup concentrator; and
a local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit having a main local fiber optic portion and a backup local fiber optic portion, wherein
a first end of the main local fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the main concentrator,
a second end of the main local fiber optic portion is coupled to a first fiber optic router,
a first end of the backup local fiber optic portion is coupled to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the backup concentrator, and
a second end of the backup local fiber optic portion is coupled to a second fiber optic router;

wherein any one or more of the plurality of light controllers, and main and backup concentrators are accessible from the main or backup local fiber optic portions of the local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit.
16. The local light control and monitoring group according to claim 15, wherein each of the main and backup concentrators, and the plurality of light controllers comprise:
a digital processor;
random access memory coupled to the digital processor;
programmable nonvolatile memory coupled to the digital processor;
first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs to a transmit and receive serial port pair coupled to the digital processor;
a programming and maintenance serial interface port coupled to the digital processor;
lamp drivers;
burnt-out lamp detection; and
a power supply.
17. A method for control and monitoring of an airfield lighting system, said method comprising the steps of:
providing at least one computer having main and backup fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs;
providing a first fiber optic router having a plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs;
providing a backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit having a main backbone fiber optic portion and a backup backbone fiber optic portion, wherein the backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit comprises the steps of:
coupling a first end of the main backbone fiber optic portion to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the main backbone fiber optic to serial interface,
coupling a second end of the main backbone fiber optic portion to one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of a first fiber optic router,
coupling a first end of the backup backbone fiber optic portion to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the backup backbone fiber optic to serial interface, and
coupling a second end of the backup backbone fiber optic portion to one of a plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of a second fiber optic router;

providing a plurality of local light control and monitoring groups, each of the plurality of local light control and monitoring groups comprises:
a main concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a backup concentrator having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs,
a plurality of light controllers having first and second fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs, wherein the plurality of light controllers are fiber optically coupled together, the first one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the main concentrator, and the last one of the plurality of light controllers is fiber optically coupled to the backup concentrator; and
a local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit having a main local fiber optic portion and a backup local fiber optic portion, wherein the local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit comprises the steps of:
coupling a first end of the main local fiber optic portion to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the main concentrator,
coupling a second end of the main local fiber optic portion to a respective one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of the first fiber optic router,
coupling a first end of the backup local fiber optic portion to a fiber optic transmit and receive port pair of the backup concentrator, and
coupling a second end of the backup local fiber optic portion to another respective one of the plurality of fiber optic transmit and receive port pairs of the second fiber optic router; and
communicating with the at least one computer to any one or more of the plurality of light controllers through the backbone double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuit, the first fiber optic router, the second fiber optic router, respective ones of the local double loop self healing fiber optic communications circuits, and respective ones of the main or backup concentrators.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A stabilizer bar system comprising:
a clutch having a housing assembly, a plurality of coupling members and an actuator, the housing assembly defining a bore with a longitudinal axis, the coupling members being arranged concentrically about the longitudinal axis, the actuator including a plunger that is slidably disposed along the longitudinal axis between a first plunger position and a second plunger position, the actuator being selectively operable for applying a plunger force to the plunger that is configured to move the plunger to the second plunger position such that the plunger applies a corresponding force that moves a first one of the coupling members along the longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position;
a first stabilizer bar member coupled to a second one of the coupling members; and
a second stabilizer bar member non-rotatably coupled to the housing assembly;
wherein placement of the first one of the coupling members in one of the first and second positions non-rotatably couples the first one of the coupling members to the second one of the coupling members to inhibit relative rotation between the first and second stabilizer bar members and wherein the first one of the coupling members is disengaged from the second one of the coupling members to permit relative rotation between the first and second stabilizer bar members when the first one of the coupling members is positioned in the other one of the first and second positions;
wherein the first one of the coupling members is disposed about the plunger.
2. The stabilizer bar system of claim 1, wherein the first stabilizer bar member is generally L-shaped.
3. The stabilizer bar system of claim 1, wherein a through-hole is formed through the plunger.
4. The stabilizer bar system of claim 1, wherein the clutch further includes a return spring for biasing the plunger toward the first plunger position.
5. The stabilizer bar system of claim 4, wherein the clutch further includes another spring that is coupled to the plunger and the first one of the coupling members, the another spring permitting the plunger to move to the second plunger position when the first and second coupling members are torque-locked.
6. The stabilizer bar system of claim 1, further comprising a controller assembly having a controller with a sensor, the sensor being configured to sense a position of an element of the clutch that translates along the longitudinal axis.
7. The stabilizer bar system of claim 6, wherein the element of the clutch is the plunger.
8. The stabilizer bar system of claim 7, wherein the plunger includes a sensor target and wherein the sensor is a Hall-effect sensor.
9. The stabilizer bar system of claim 6, wherein the controller assembly is coupled to the housing assembly.
10. A stabilizer bar system comprising:
a clutch having a housing assembly, a first transmission member, a second transmission member, and an actuator, the housing assembly defining a bore having a longitudinal axis, the first and second transmission members being received in the bore, the second transmission member being non-rotatably coupled to the housing assembly and slidable within the bore between a first position and a second position, the second transmission member being non-rotatably coupled to the first transmission member when the second transmission member is in the first position, the first transmission member being rotatable relative to the second transmission member when the second transmission member is in the second position, the actuator including a coil and a plunger that is movable along the longitudinal axis between a returned position and an extended position, the plunger being coupled to the second transmission member;
a first generally L-shaped stabilizer bar portion that is non-rotatably coupled to the first transmission member; and
a second generally L-shaped stabilizer bar portion that is non-rotatably coupled to the housing assembly;
wherein actuation of the actuator moves the plunger into the extended position to cause a force to be applied concentrically to the second transmission member that pushes the second transmission member toward the second position; and
wherein the coil is disposed about the plunger.
11. The stabilizer bar system of claim 10, wherein the clutch further includes a return spring for biasing the plunger toward the retracted position.
12. The stabilizer bar system of claim 11, wherein the clutch further includes another spring that is coupled to the plunger and the second transmission member, the another spring permitting the plunger to move to the extended position when the first and second transmission members are torque-locked.
13. The stabilizer bar system of claim 12, further comprising a controller assembly having a controller with a sensor, the sensor being configured to generate a sensor signal in response to sensing a position of an element of the clutch that translates along the longitudinal axis.
14. The stabilizer bar system of claim 13, wherein the element of the clutch is the plunger.
15. The stabilizer bar system of claim 14, wherein the plunger includes a sensor target and wherein the sensor is a Hall-effect sensor.
16. The stabilizer bar system of claim 13, wherein the controller is contained in a sealed unit that is disposed at least partially in the housing assembly.
17. The stabilizer bar system of claim 1, wherein the plunger force imparted to the plunger is aligned concentrically or coincident with the longitudinal axis of the bore.