Patent · US Active

Brake-force-sensing device for vehicle running gears

US7770461B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

12References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Vibro-Meter SA · CH

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2007
Grant date	Aug 10, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2066/005
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a measuring device for the measurement of the brake torque on an aircraft landing gear, a connecting element that is transversally loaded by the brake torque is provided with measuring elements which produce a measuring signal in function of a deformation of the connecting element. In one of two preferred variants, the measuring elements are attached to the surface of a cavity in the connecting element, and in the second preferred embodiment, a corresponding sensor is introduced into the connecting element as a whole, the sensor being so designed that deformations affect its enclosure and deform the latter as well.

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