Telemetry technology for measurement devices

• US 20030015353A1
• Filed: 06/18/2002
• Published: 01/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intercomp Company
• Original Assignee: Intercomp Company
• Inventors: Young, Matthew, Kroll, William P., Evenson, Randie, Kroll, Karl J.F.
• Application Number:
  US10/177,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20030015353A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 177/25.13
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/802 Particular electronic circuits for digital processing equipment
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/00 Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/36 Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/024 for remote indication

Abstract

A measurement system comprising at least two units, at least one unit having a measurement system, at least one unit having a control and indication system, and each unit having a telemetry system. The system is electronic. The measurement means measures physical characteristics selected from the group consisting of weight, tension, temperature, level, caster, camber, spring rate, pressure, torque, torsion, air density, hardness, sound level, and humidity.

Claims

1. A measurement system comprising at least two units, at least one unit having measurement means, at least one unit having control and indication means, each unit having telemetry means.

2. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein the system is electronic.

3. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein the measurement means measures physical characteristics selected from the group consisting of weight, tension, temperature, level, caster, camber, spring rate, pressure, torque, torsion, air density, hardness, sound level, and humidity.

4. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein the control and indication means indicates physical characteristics selected from the group consisting of weight, tension, temperature, level, caster, camber, spring rate, pressure, torque, torsion, air density, hardness, sound level, and humidity.

5. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein measurement, and control and indication means are disposed in one unit.

6. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein there are at least 4 units.

7. The measurement system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry means is that disclosed in appendix A1.

8. A digital tension link scale system comprising a tension link unit having means to detect and measure tension and telemetry means to send a signal representative of tension and to receive control signals, and a remote control unit having control and indication means and telemetry means to receive signals representative of tension and to send control signals.