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Force-sensing device for vehicle running gears

US7677117B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4References

15Claims

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Assignee

Vibro-Meter SA · CH

Inventors

Jacques Perriard · Bulle, CH
Felix Schmid · Unterbühlhof, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2007
Grant date	Mar 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01L5/0038
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a measuring device for the measurement of forces in a vehicle undercarriage, more particularly of the brake torque on a vehicle undercarriage, e.g. an aircraft landing gear, a sensor is introduced into a hollow connecting element that is transversally loaded by said forces, which sensor produces a measuring signal in function of a deformation of said connecting element. Distance measuring elements which detect the distance of the inner wall of said connecting element from said sensor are used as measuring elements.

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