SEAT BELT TRANSDUCER
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A TRANSDUCER FOR MEASURING SEAT BELT LOADS COMPRISING TWO END PLATES AND THREE PARALLEL SPACED BARS EXTENDING RIGIDLY BETWEEN THE END PLATES AND ARRANGED IN AN ISOCELES TRIANGULASR PATTERN, THE TRANSDUCER IS ARRANGED ON THE BELT WITH THE PLANE OF THE FIRST AND THIRD BARS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE ENTERING AND EXITING BELT PORTIONS. THE BELT ENTERS UNDER THE FIRST BAR, THEN PASSES UPWARDLY OVER THE SECOND BAR AND THEN PASSES DOWNWARDLY AND EXITS UNDER THE THIRD BAR SO THAT, UPON LOADING OF THE BELT, THE FIRST AND SECOND BARS ARE FORCED APART BY THE BELT TENSION AND THE EDGE FACE OF EACH END PLATE OPPOSITE THE SECOND BAR IS STRAINED IN PROPORTION TO THE BELT LOAD. THIS STRAIN IS SENSED AND TRANSDUCED INTO AN ELECTRICAL READOUT SIGNAL BY STRAIN GAGE MEANS SECURED TO THE STRANED EDGE FACES OF THE END PLATES.
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