Class 73/862 - DYNAMOMETERS

Subclass of Class 73 - Measuring and testing
Definition: Subject matter for measuring or determining force, torque,
No. of applications: 33
Last issue date: 02/09/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120035864	DETERMINING AN EQUIVALENT MECHANICAL LOAD A method for determining an equivalent mechanical load of a component includes a dynamic mechanical loading. A first measurement value of the mechanical load of the component is measured and compared to a first reference value. Further, at least one count value represen...	02/09/2012
20110019373	Sensing Arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement for sensing ambient conditions in electric equipment. These conditions may include verification of the user, the location of the equipment and various properties of the environment. The invention is preferably applied in mobile te...	01/27/2011
20100162828	TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR A testing system for testing a temperature characteristic of a first motor includes a second motor, a controller, a driver, a load, a temperature sensor, and a temperature recorder. The controller provides a drive command for the driver to drive the second motor. The se...	07/01/2010
20090223307	MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR BRAKES IN WIND TURBINES A method for testing the brakes of a wind energy system is provided, wherein the method comprising determining the brake torque by an indirect measurement. The method contains a comparison to defined threshold values for time and generator torque as well as time and act...	09/10/2009
20090107254	System and Method for Dynamometer Testing of Motor Vehicles, Including a Cooling Device The present invention relates to a system for dynamometer testing of motor vehicles, said system including a cooling device for a braking device and/or a power-generating means, and having power-absorbing means for absorbing a power applied thereto by power-generating m...	04/30/2009
20090107256	Wind Turbine Testing System A wind turbine testing system is disclosed for testing at least a part of the nacelle components of a wind turbine system when mounted on a load carrying structure of a nacelle, said wind turbine testing system comprising a test bench being arranged to hold said load ca...	04/30/2009
20090107255	Test Bench And A Method For Testing Wind Turbine Equipment The invention relates to a test bench for testing wind turbine equipment. The test bench comprises one or more load applying means directly and/or indirectly applying load to the equipment, drive means of the test bench for rotating an input shaft of the equipment at le...	04/30/2009
20080295606	Bend Tool A tool for multi-axis mechanical testing of medical implant devices includes a plurality of pins arranged to form a contacting surface with a sample holder. The pins maintain rolling contact with the sample holder during a bending phase of a fatigue cycle and reduce the...	12/04/2008
20080144985	Wheel End With Monitoring Capabilities An automotive vehicle has road wheels that are coupled to suspension uprights of the vehicle through wheel ends that have the capacity to monitor lateral loads that act on the road wheels at tire patches where the road wheels contact a road surface. Each wheel end offse...	06/19/2008
20080047363	Shaft mounted energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data trasmission One embodiment of the present patent application is a method of monitoring a rotating part. The method includes providing a shaft, a sensor, a processor, an energy storage device, and a transmitter. The method further includes mounting the sensor directly on the shaft a...	02/28/2008
20070295105	Warning device for torque measuring hand tool A hand tool includes a handle and a function end is connected to one of two ends of the handle. A strain transducer is connected to a side of the handle and electrically connected with a display member on the handle. The display member has a first light and a second lig...	12/27/2007
20070234825	Control circuit for sensor array and related methods A control circuit for scanning a pressure or force responsive sensor array is disclosed. Pressure or force sensors formed of an array of pressure or force responsive sensor elements can be used to acquire pressure or force measurements in response to an applied load. Th...	10/11/2007
20070180930	Force-sensing device A force sensing device has a single-component metal housing. The housing has an upper rigid housing part and a lower rigid housing part that are interconnected by way of U-shaped spring elements and can be elastically displaced along a displacement axis in relation to e...	08/09/2007
20070163364	Proxemics sensor A sensor having a crystal having a first face and a second face, the first face comprising a prong, wherein the sensor is adapted to track movement of an object in a medium other than vacuum and the prong has a frequency of vibration that substantially matched a frequen...	07/19/2007
20070163365	Sensor apparatus and method A sensing device for sensing activity on or around an object, includes sensor cords provided in a parallel or a substantially parallel arrangement. Each sensor cord includes sensors disposed adjacent one another. Each sensor includes a resilient top portion having at le...	07/19/2007
20070151372	Power meter for measuring and calculation of forces on bodies A three-dimensional power meter for measurement and calculation of forces on bodies, accelerating and retarding forces for bodies moving with varying speeds and ascending angles both on the ground and in the air is described. The three-dimensional power meter includes a...	07/05/2007
20070144269	Vibrating beam force transducer An apparatus and method for monolithic force transducers in which a sensed force is applied across only two ends of a pair of force sensing elements so that the pair of force sensing elements are loaded in series with one in compression and the other in tension, whereby...	06/28/2007
20070119266	Load cell including displacement transducer, and associated methods of use and manufacture A load cell reacts to an applied force by displacing a physical component of the load cell. An electrical component of the load cell produces an electromagnetic (EM) field in response to an applied radio frequency signal. The physical component is located in proximity t...	05/31/2007
20070113679	Torque measuring apparatus A torque measuring apparatus is described that comprises a chassis, a reversible electrical motor having a motor housing and a rotatable output shaft projecting from one end of said motor housing, motor mounting means mounting said motor housing for rotation relative to...	05/24/2007
20070089532	Hydraulic motor drive sensor adapter Angular movement detectors may be disposed within or proximate to joints in one or more members of articulated arms and linked via one or more communications networks to a controller to provide angular movement data to the controller for use in controlling movement of t...	04/26/2007
20070074586	Resolver reference position adjustment method A resolver reference position adjustment method is capable of minimizing a detection error in the rotation angle of a rotor of a motor. In the resolver reference position adjustment method in which a reference position of a resolver of an axial double angle n mounted on...	04/05/2007
20070068278	Torque sensor A plurality of acoustic wave sensing devices can be provided, which are mechanically simulated for implementation upon a quartz wafer substrate. The quartz wafer substrate is appropriately etched to produce a quartz diaphragm from the quartz wafer substrate. A plurality...	03/29/2007
20060248964	Angular movement detector and networks of angular movement detectors for controlling movement of an articulated arm and a method for their use Angular movement detectors may be disposed within or proximate to joints in one or more members of articulated arms and linked via one or more communications networks to a controller to provide angular movement data to the controller for use in controlling movement of t...	11/09/2006
20060185444	Device for determining the rotation angle of a shaft in an aircraft Nowadays position pickup units are commonly used in order to measure the rotation position of a shaft for operating a landing flap or landing slat or a brake flap in an aircraft. In the case of failure of such a position pickup unit (PPU) the corresponding drive motor o...	08/24/2006
20060037409	Rotary type component force measuring device A rotary type component force measuring device capable of finding a highly accurate component force is provided. This measuring device has a rotary type component force detector comprising in integrated manner, a rim mounting frame, a hub mounting frame, a second sensin...	02/23/2006
20060032318	Torque detector and method of manufacturing housing of torque detector A torque detector includes: a monolithic tubular housing for supporting a rotating shaft, including an opening at one end in a longitudinal direction; a sensor holding hole for holding a sensor part detecting a rotating torque exerted on the rotating shaft, which is pro...	02/16/2006
20050235760	Modular water dynamometer A modular waterbrake that can be used with differing types and sizes of rotating machines includes common end stages, and a plurality of common intervening power stages. Each power stage will extract a certain amount of shaft horsepower from the machine under test, and ...	10/27/2005
20050231377	Instrumented rock bolt, data logger and user interface system A rock bolt includes a hollow body and a gap along a length of the hollow body. At least one strain gauge is affixed to an inner surface of the rock bolt and is accessible from the gap. The rock bolt may include a data logger within the hollow body and coupled to receiv...	10/20/2005
20050178213	Device for determining finger rotation using a displacement sensor Instead of measuring finger bend directly, such as with a strain gauge, a device for determining finger rotation using a displacement sensor is provided. It allows for a mechanical translation of a joint rotation into a displacement on the finger bone where it is more c...	08/18/2005
20050178214	Force detector The invention provides a force detector in which power consumption is suppressed. Four electrodes E11 through E14 are formed on a substrate, and an elastic deformable body formed of a rubber film is disposed thereon. A conductive coating is applied on the ...	08/18/2005
20050109124	Apparatus and methods for tension testing of curved specimens Apparatus and methods for tension testing of curved composite specimens are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for tension-testing first and second curved specimens includes a first end member adapted to be coupled to first end portions of the first and second c...	05/26/2005
20050061086	Interdiscal tensiometer apparatus and method of use An interdiscal tensiometer comprises a load measuring means for measuring load between two points and a distance measuring means for measuring distance between the two points. A method of use is also provided. ...	03/24/2005
20050016293	Seat belt tension sensor package A sensor package which is reliable, low cost, simple, robust, and usable to input additional seat occupant information to an airbag controller to control airbag deployment, and which is insensitive to cross axis loading of a seat belt. A second housing member is interna...	01/27/2005

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