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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913579 | Magnetostrictive load sensor and movable unit comprising same A magnetostrictive load sensor includes a coil with a through hole, a load sensing member disposed in the through hole, first and second magnetic circuit defining members which are joined together so as to cover the coil and which together define a magnetic circuit ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7861605 | Pressure distribution sensor utilizing electromagnetic coupling A pressure distribution sensor utilizing electromagnetic coupling in which alignment of electromagnetically coupled coils is facilitated, and a force in a slip direction can be detected. The pressure distribution sensor utilizing electromagnetic coupling has a detec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836783 | Force measuring device A device for measuring mechanical forces comprising a sensor adapted to measure difference of stresses in two orthogonal measuring directions. The device comprises at least one force receiving element adapted to receive the forces to be measured, and the sensor is a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7690273 | Force-measuring device and reference unit The force-measuring device includes a measuring unit and a reference unit, the latter serving to deliver a reference quantity, a reference current (IREF) or a reference voltage (UREF), through which the force (FMO) of a measurement o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7677118 | Magnetostrictive load sensor and moveable object including the same A magnetostrictive load sensor includes a coil, a magnetic path forming member composed of a magnetic material, a rod composed of a magnetic material, two load transmitting members, a housing, and two load applicators. Openings are respectively formed at the approxi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7603920 | Load measuring device A load measuring device, especially load cell, with one or more strain gages preferably connected in form of a bridge circuit, and feed lines for excitation of the strain gage and of the strain gages respectively and for signal derivation, with an integrated analogu... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7380475 | Dynamometric cell A dynamometric cell having an elastically deformable force transducer for receiving a weight force and a sensor arrangement for detecting the deformation of the force transducer and its conversion into an electric weight signal is disclosed, wherein the force transd... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7363827 | Torque sensor system including an elliptically magnetized shaft A torque sensor includes a shaft and a magnetic sensor. The shaft may have at least one active region having an elliptical magnetization. The magnetic sensor may be configured to sense a magnetic field about the shaft, where the magnetic field is representative of a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360460 | Sensor device for a vehicle seat In a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, a sensor device (11) is arranged between the superstructure of the vehicle seat and the seat rail (3) of the vehicle seat, in order to measure forces transmitted from the superstructure into the se... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347452 | Tension sensing assembly A tension sensing assembly for a seat restraint system in a vehicle is provided. The tension sensing assembly comprises an anchor, a movable mechanism configured to be secured to a portion of a buckle, at least one magnet coupled to the movable mechanism, a Hall eff... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320258 | Structure of attaching a rotation-detecting sensor An attaching structure of a rotation-detecting sensor comprises (a) a rotation-transferring medium, (b) a rotation-detecting sensor having (b1) a detection portion that detects a variation in magnetic field due to the rotation of the rotation-transferring medium to ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320251 | Load detector and transport equipment including the same A load detector is constructed so as to stabilize an output voltage responding to an input load. The load detector includes a magnetostrictive sensor which includes a hollow case, a coil housed in the case, and a rod-like magnetic member located at an axial center o... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312679 | Magnetostrictive stress wave sensor A shock sensor has a housing with a Terfenol-D type sensing element positioned inside a sensing coil. A permanent biasing magnet is positioned in engagement with the Terfenol-D sensing element, and a spacer engages the Terfenol-D sensing element and extends from the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302868 | Method for measuring forces acted upon tire and apparatus for measuring forces acted upon tire There is provided an apparatus for measuring forces acted upon a tire in which a radial force and a peripheral force acting to the tire, which are required for the high precision measurement of a friction coefficient on a road surface, are simply measured in a high ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298237 | Magnetostrictive stress wave sensor A shock sensor has a housing with a Terfenol-D type sensing element positioned inside a sensing coil. A permanent biasing magnet is positioned in engagement with the Terfenol-D sensing element, and a spacer engages the Terfenol-D sensing element and extends from the... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7261005 | Magneto-elastic resonator torque sensor A magneto-elastic torque sensor and system include a substrate and a magneto-elastic sensing component formed from or on the substrate. The magneto-elastic sensing component and the substrate together form a magneto-elastic torque sensor, which when subject to a str... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259555 | Method for determining the hardening depth of steel This publication discloses a method and arrangement for determining the hardening depth of steel or other ferromagnetic substances without breaking the object being measured. According to the invention, a varying magnetic field, which causes magnetic Barkhausen nois... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243557 | Torque sensor A torque sensor having a sensor element, wherein the sensor element is manufactured in accordance with the manufacturing steps of applying a first current pulse to the sensor element, wherein the first current pulse is applied such that there is a first current flow... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234361 | Magnetostrictive strain sensor (airgap control) A sensor assembly for measuring force along an axis (F) comprises an inductance coil extending around the axis (F) for establishing a loop of magnetic flux looping axially through the coil and extending around the axis (F) to define a donut shaped ring of magnetic f... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219565 | Specimen holding apparatus A specimen holding apparatus includes a main body, a specimen supporting surface provided on the main body, and a restraining element movable along the main body in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the main body from a first position in... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218067 | Magnetic actuator drive for actuation and resetting of magnetic actuation materials A magnetic actuator is provided including a magnetic field-actuated material and a plurality of interconnected electrically conducting coils, each coil including a number of wire turns arranged relative to at least one other coil to produce at the magnetic field-act... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212895 | Magnetic sensor A magnetic flux is sensed within a gap at a first location between two portions of a vehicle body/structure and a signal generated responsive thereto controls an element of the vehicle, wherein the magnetic flux is responsive to a disturbance of the vehicle body/str... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209844 | Magnetic crash sensor A first magnetic field generated by a first coil operatively associated with a first portion of a vehicle interacts with at least one conductive element operatively associated with or at least a part of a second portion of the vehicle so as to generate an eddy curre... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205759 | Apparatus and method for determining an engine speed A removable sensor assembly for non-intrusively sensing instantaneous speed of an engine comprising a crankshaft having a respective end equipped with an externally accessible bolt, the removable sensor assembly comprising: a housing comprising a recess configured t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190161 | Magnetic sensor A coil is operatively associated with a magnetic circuit of a vehicle body, and is adapted to cooperate with a time-varying magnetic flux in the vehicle body that is responsive to a condition of the vehicle body sensed by the magnetic sensor. An electrical circuit i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7159686 | Apparatus and method for detection of a latching device A universal anchor for a vehicle, comprising: a magnet being fixedly secured to an anchor portion defining an opening; a flux deflector movably mounted to the anchor for movement in a range defined by a first position and a second position, the flux deflector effect... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152491 | Magnetostrictive vehicle weight sensor A vehicle seat weight sensing system includes a plurality of sensors mounted below a seating surface of a vehicle seat. Each sensor includes a tubular inner wall about which are coiled an activation coil and a detection coil. All of the weight of the seating surface... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148432 | Weight-measuring sensor A weight sensor 10 having a simple structure and yet being capable of detecting load or pressure of an object to be measured in a short time and with high sensitivity and high precision. The sensor includes a first rotating shaft 14 vertically and rota... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146866 | Magnetostrictive strain sensor and method A magnetostrictive strain sensor (10) includes a magnetostrictive core (12) comprising a magnetostrictive material, such as a nickel-iron alloy, able to conduct a magnetic flux and whose permeability is alterable by application of a strain. A conductiv... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7113874 | Magnetic crash sensing method A signal generated responsive to a magnetic field in a magnetic circuit is decomposed into first and second filtered signals, wherein, at at least one first frequency, a magnitude of a component of the first filtered signal is greater than that of the second filtere... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104137 | Magnetostrictive fluid-pressure sensor A magnetostrictive fluid-pressure sensor includes annular inner and outer cylinders, a first connector, annular second and third connectors, and first and second coils. The inner cylinder surrounds a fluid-receiving bore. At least one of the cylinders is a magnetost... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093499 | Force sensor, strain sensor and methods for measuring same A force sensor, or a method, determines a force using at least a measured inductance in a coil wherein a quantum tunneling composite is located in a magnetic path created by the coil, is positioned in a load path of the force, and is under strain from the force. A s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081801 | Magnetostrictive stress wave sensor A shock sensor has a housing with a Terfenol-D type sensing element positioned inside a sensing coil. A permanent biasing magnet is positioned in engagement with the Terfenol-D sensing element, and a spacer engages the Terfenol-D sensing element and extends from the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073391 | Force sensor A force sensor, in particular for detecting the forces on a vehicle seat, includes a force measurement cell (1) that has a Hall element. The force measurement cell (1) includes at least one bending bar (2, 3), which from the exertion of force to... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069796 | Dynamometer, particularly for determining the seating weight in a motor vehicle A dynamometer (10; 10a; 10b) has a pickup element (11; 11a; 11b), in which a permanent magnet (32) and a sensor (35) are disposed. At least the permanent magnet (32) is surrounded by ferrom... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062981 | Sensor, in particular, a magnetostrictive or magnetoelastic sensor The invention relates to a sensor, in particular, a magnetostrictive or magnetoelastic sensor, comprising at least one core element which consists of a ferromagnetic material. Said core element is at least partially surrounded by at least one coil. The core element ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7014005 | Seat belt latch sensor assembly A seat belt tension sensor assembly includes a housing and a slider slidably received within the housing, the slider is configured for movement between a first position and a second position within the housing. A first and second magnets is associated with the slide... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007976 | Seatbelt lock casing with an integrated force-sensing device Seatbelt lock casing with an integrated force-sensing device for measuring a belt tensile force acting on a seatbelt lock, containing a moving anchor that protrudes through an opening formed in a front wall of the casing and has a stop that restricts the movement of... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000488 | Force-sensing unit for measuring a belt tensile force acting on a seatbelt lock Force-sensing unit for measuring a belt tensile force acting on a seatbelt lock, including a casing with an opening formed in a front side, and further including a moving anchor which is located in the casing and which protrudes through the opening and which has a s... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997416 | Linear actuation device for spacecraft and solar generator unfolding systems A linear operating device is provided that includes a way of converting a rotational motion into a translational motion, realized in the form of a nut, a rotating drive unit and a spindle acting in conjunction with the nut; and the nut is connected to the spindle wi... | 02/14/2006 |
