Load transducer having a biasing assembly

US10591373B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Richard A. Meyer · Carver, US
• Robert L. Josephson · Savage, US
• Jason A. Christopherson · Chippewa Falls, US
• Todd Robert Osmundson · Golden Valley, US
• Nicholas Devon LaMoore · Minneapolis, US
• Riley August Rogotzke · Lakeville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01M17/007
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one aspect, a transducer body, includes a support including a pair of clevis halves; and a sensor body coupled to each of the clevis halves. The sensor body is disposed between the clevis halves and includes a generally rigid peripheral member disposed about a spaced-apart central hub, the central hub being joined to each of the clevis halves with the peripheral member spaced apart from each clevis half, where at least three flexure components couple the peripheral member to the central hub, and where the flexure components are spaced-apart from each other at generally equal angle intervals about the central hub. A biasing assembly connected between the support and the sensor body is configured to provide a bias force between the sensor body and the support.