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Goniometer

  • US 4,461,085 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1982
  • Issued: 07/24/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A goniometer comprising an elongate body having at least a main portion which is flexible but resistant to torsion, a plurality of sensors each attached to the elongate body adjacent both ends of said portion and extending longitudinally of the body, at locations spaced from one another around the body, the sensors being extensible and such that an electrical property thereof varies with varying length thereof, and a circuit connected to the sensors for converting variations in said electrical property into a measure of the relative angular disposition of the ends of the body.

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