Absorption dynamometer and torque measurement therefor
US5345827A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01L3/101
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is an in-line torque meter for use with an absorption dynamometer in which the twist of a rotating shaft that transmits torque from an engine to an air dynamometer is measured by a single sensor on the adjacent stationary structure. The torque shaft is supported at the dynamometer end by a splined attachment to the shaft of the dynamometer and at the engine end in a pair of preloaded angular contact ball bearings. Torque from the engine causes the shaft to twist. Attached to and rotating with the shaft are two sleeves with projecting teeth, one sleeve attached at each end of the torque shaft. The projecting teeth are interleaved and are located so that both sets of teeth can be sensed by an adjacent single sensor. When the shaft is twisted by the applied torque, the teeth on the two sleeves are angularly displaced with respect to each other. This angular displacement is measured as a phase shift in the signal generated by the sensor. The phase shift being directly proportional to the applied torque.
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