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Load measurement

  • US 6,273,613 B1
  • Filed: 02/15/2000
  • Issued: 08/14/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of measuring load applied to a pin bearing, the pin bearing including at least two elements defining adjacent bearing surfaces which bear on the said pin, the said load being applied between the said adjacent bearing surfaces through a common bearing surface of the pin, the method including the steps of axially separating the said adjacent element bearing surfaces sufficient to create an axial length of pin over which constant shear force may be measured, attaching at least one strain gauge to the pin to measure the shear force transmitted through the pin across said axial length by the applied load, applying the load and measuring the load with the at least one strain gauge.

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