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Torque transducers

US4757721A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1986
Grant dateJul 19, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01L3/108
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A torque transducer has a torque transformable shaft 2 with strain guages 10, 12 electrically connected to sliprings 58 separated by spacers 60. A torque related signal is transmittable via the sliprings to a brush arrangement 22 having flexible strips 24 pulled by tension from springs 26 against the periphery of the sliprings 58, with the strips 24 tracked between the spacers 60 onto the sliprings 58.

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