Load transducers employing a sensing device
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1. A force sensing transducer which comprises:
- a load carrying frame having a force transmitting segment which moves as an external force is applied to said frame;
a pliant crossbeam located in a hollow in the load carrying frame, said crossbeam lying in the same plane as said frame and being deflectable by the application of a force to the load carrying frame and the consequent movement of the force transmitting segment of the load carrying frame;
a force sensing element mounted in said hollow between a second segment of said load carrying frame and said crossbeam and lying in the same plane as said frame and said crossbeam; and
said crossbeam being so configured and so anchored at opposite ends thereof to opposed elements of said frame as to apply a compressive preloading force to, and along a sensing axis of, said sensing element.
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Abstract
Force sensing transducers which employ inline sensing and an integral crossarm support for a sensing component. These transducers have a metal frame with at least one ring; a beamlike crossarm which lies within, spans, and is integral with a ring of the transducer frame; and at least one strain sensor mounted, preferably under preload, in an aperture in the innermost (or single) ring.
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20 Claims
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1. A force sensing transducer which comprises:
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a load carrying frame having a force transmitting segment which moves as an external force is applied to said frame; a pliant crossbeam located in a hollow in the load carrying frame, said crossbeam lying in the same plane as said frame and being deflectable by the application of a force to the load carrying frame and the consequent movement of the force transmitting segment of the load carrying frame; a force sensing element mounted in said hollow between a second segment of said load carrying frame and said crossbeam and lying in the same plane as said frame and said crossbeam; and said crossbeam being so configured and so anchored at opposite ends thereof to opposed elements of said frame as to apply a compressive preloading force to, and along a sensing axis of, said sensing element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A force sensing transducer which comprises:
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a frame having a load carrying component force transmitting segment which moves as force is applied to said component; a crossbeam mounted in a hollow in the load carrying component, said crossbeam being deflectable by the application of a force to said load carrying component; and a preloaded force sensing element so mounted in the hollow of said load carrying component relative to said crossbeam that deflection of said crossbeam imposes a signal generating strain on said sensing element; said force sensing element being in surface-to-surface contact with a preloading element; the sensing element and the preloading element lying in the same plane; and the contacted surface diameter of the preloading element and the span across the sensing element being substantially equal and thereby reducing errors attributable to out-of-plane relative rotation between the sensing element and the preloading element. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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