Patent · US Expired

Capacitive load measuring device

US4384496A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1981
Grant dateMay 24, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 21, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L1/142
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A load measuring device which includes a hollow metal housing having a wall which is elastically deformable when the housing is subject to an applied load. The elastic deformation varies the capacitance of a capacitor located within the housing to provide a measurement of the applied load.

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