Apparatus for measuring positively-sensed force of an electrical connector (2)
US6209403A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01L5/0057
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed in an apparatus for measuring positively-sensed force of an electrical connector, comprising: a base plate; at least one L-shaped pads, the two L-shaped pads being each affixed to the base plate at an upper end thereof in such an arrangement that ends thereof oppose each other; an elastically deformable sheet provided between the two L-shaped pads, the elastically deformable sheet being affixed to the base plate and formed with a projective measuring region at end thereof; and at least one strain gauge inertly affixed to the elastically deformable sheet, the strain gauge beingconnected to a signal transmitting device that outputs strain value of the strain gauge to a signal amplifying device for display purpose in response to deformation of the elastically deformable sheet. While implementing this invention in measuring positively-sensed clamping force of terminals of an electrical connector, bottom ends of the two L-shaped pads and the projective measuring region of the elastically deformable sheet are inserted between the connector terminals. Since the two L-shaped pads each have a thickness being equal to a thickness of a circuit board into which terminals are inserted…
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