System for measuring stress
US5563348A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01L1/103
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a stress measuring, system sensor driving power and a signal sensed by a sensor are transmitted and received in the form of a light pulse signal to thereby improve a noise resistant property as well as a measuring accuracy and reliability. The stress measuring system includes a sensor head disposed at a sensing location and a measuring device disposed at a location remote from the sensing location. The sensor head includes a sensor having a sensing section for sensing a change in stress as a change in the natural frequency of an oscillation string, an output section for outputting a light pulse sensing signal corresponding to the natural frequency sensed by the sensing section and a driving section for causing oscillation at the natural frequency of the oscillation system of the sensing section in response to a driving light pulse signal. The measuring device includes a measuring section for measuring the stress based on the frequency of the light pulse sensing signal and a creating section for creating the driving light pulse signal having the frequency following a change in the natural frequency based on the light pulse sensing signal. The sensor head is connected to the measu…
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