System and apparatus for a torque transducer with data processing capabilities

US5898598A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Cooper Technologies Company · US

Inventors

• Richard T. Szwast · Waterford, US
• Lawrence F. Rapp · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Edwin C. Scholl · Pontiac, US
• Michael Ritchey · Fenton, US
• Lloyd H. Wipperman · Rochester Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D17/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A circuit (31) for use with a torque transducer (32) is provided. The torque transducer (32) generates a signal in response to an applied torque. A data processor (100) connected to the torque transducer (32) receives the signal. The data processor (100) and the torque transducer (32) are both contained within a torque transducer housing (15).