Patent · US Expired

Device for weighing an object by lifting which invalidates a weight measurement reading whenever a detected shear force is too great

US6951988B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 2001
Grant dateOct 4, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01G19/07
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a device comprising an electronic sensor (6) designed to deliver a compression signal and a shearing signal, and a comparator for comparing the shearing signal to a threshold value, so as to validate, or invalidate, the compression signal. The invention is useful for weighing aircraft.

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