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Measuring instrument for the detection and evaluation of an impact

  • US 8,333,104 B2
  • Filed: 11/07/2007
  • Issued: 12/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An impact pad, comprising:

  • a surface forming an impact surface defining a target surface;

    an impact measuring device for detecting an impact, punch, or impulse impinging upon the target surface, said impact measuring device including;

    at least one force sensor for detecting a value of a force acting upon the target surface due to the impact, punch, or impulse;

    at least one acceleration sensor for detecting a value of an acceleration of the target surface due to the impact, punch, or impulse;

    said force sensor and said acceleration sensor being operatively connected with the target surface and being disposed on or behind the target surface; and

    an evaluation unit connected to receive signals from said force sensor and said acceleration sensor and configured to process the force values and the acceleration values detected by said force sensor and said acceleration sensor, respectively, and configured to compute the characteristic variables for qualitative evaluation of the impact, punch, or impulse, from the concrete force values and the acceleration values;

    said evaluation unit being configured to calculate parameters of velocity, an impact direction, a momentum, an amount of transferred energy, and a power in the qualitative evaluation;

    wherein all acquired parameters are given in a time course, so from a morphologic course of a curve or a profile, a performance of the impact is determined.

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