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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176799 | State measuring apparatus for rolling bearing unit and method of manufacturing the same The sensor holder has an annular portion that holds the sensors. A holding ring that is securely fitted in an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder portion constituting a cover made of metal in terms of a large tight fit is embedded in an intermediate portion of th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8028589 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel There is provided a sensor equipped wheel support bearing assembly with rolling elements interposed between outer and inner members and with a strain sensor fixed to a stationary member served by one of the outer and inner members. The strain sensor includes a strai... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7882752 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel The wheel support bearing assembly is for rotatably supporting a vehicle wheel relative to an automotive vehicle body, which includes an outer member having an inner periphery formed with a plurality of rows of raceway surfaces, an inner member having raceway surfac... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7832288 | Method for determining a force at the hub of a wheel of a vehicle while traveling and wheel suitable for allowing said method to be carried out A method for determining the force at the hub of a wheel of a vehicle while traveling. The wheel includes a rim and at least one deformation sensor directly associated with the rim in at least one predetermined position and arranged according to at least one predete... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827871 | Antifriction bearing provided with polymer electronics An antifriction bearing provided with sensors for recording physical quantities that act upon the hearing and with strip conductors and electronic components for evaluating and/or transmitting sensor output signals or characteristic values derived therefrom to elect... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7819026 | Sensor-equipped wheel support bearing assembly A sensor-equipped wheel support bearing assembly, enabling the cost during the mass production to be reduced, includes an outer member, an inner member, a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the opposed raceway surfaces. One of the outer member and the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7698960 | Assembly for determining torque at a friction coupling An assembly for measuring force at a friction coupling, more particularly in the driveline of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes an outer plate carrier (6) at which outer plates (7) are held so as to be rotationally secured and in a way so as to be... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694588 | Adjustment and stabilization unit with a force-sensing device for torque measurement An adjustment and stabilization unit (1), such as for a weapon, includes a movable platform (3), a rotational mass (2) mounted on the platform and stabilized in inertial space, and an adjustment drive (6) for adjusting the rotational mass... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7685890 | Bearing assembly with a strain sensor A bearing and shaft assembly comprises a shaft and at least one bearing, and is provided with at least one strain sensor. An elastic component is provided between the shaft and the at least one bearing, and the elastic component comprises the at least one strain sen... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7665372 | Rolling bearing device with sensor and strain sensor In the rolling bearing device with a sensor in this invention, a band-shaped film 111 having insulation property is affixed to an outer circumferential surface of an outer ring 101 so as to extend in the circumferential direction. On the film 111 | 02/23/2010 |
| 7650802 | Deformation-sensing bearing having four strain gauges A bearing which includes at least one system for determining an amplitude of pseudo-sinusoidal deformations induced during rotation of a fixed ring within a zone, wherein the system includes four strain gauges spaced equally apart from each other within the zone, a ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7591194 | Data capturing and processing system for a roller bearing and roller bearing with such system The invention relates to a data capture system and to a processing system (1) for a roller bearing, wherein at least one sensor element (19), conductor strips (4) and electronic components (5, 6) are arranged adjacent to a flexible carrie... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7520183 | Hub unit with sensor A hub unit with a sensor comprises a hub unit 1 including a body-side raceway member 3, a wheel-side raceway member 4 and two rows of rolling elements 5, and a sensor device 2. The sensor device 2 includes a magnetostrictive... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7497131 | Sensor-mounted roller bearing apparatus A roller bearing apparatus having a fixed bearing ring, a rotary bearing ring, and rolling elements rollably provided between the bearing rings. Piezoelectric elements are provided in the form of a film interposed between the fixed bearing ring and a fixing part to ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7444888 | Method and sensor arrangement for load measurement on rolling element bearing Method and sensor arrangement for determining a contact force vector acting on a rolling element hearing in operation. Sensor signals are received from a plurality of sensors measuring performance characteristics of the rolling element bearing. The received sensor s... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7421880 | Switch feel measurement system calibration A method may be employed to assure that a switch measurement system accurately measures a torque/angular displacement profile for a rotary switch. A procedure may be employed that aligns the rotational axis of the switch with the rotational axis of the measurement u... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389701 | Method and sensor arrangement for load measurement on rolling element bearing based on model deformation Method and sensor arrangement for determining a load vector acting on a rolling element bearing (1) in operation. A plurality of N sensors (8) are provided which measure displacement and/or strain for determining displacement and/or strain in one of th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380474 | Torque detecting apparatus A sensor coil serving as a sensor unit fitted and retained in a sensor retaining hole of a sensor housing and a circuit board stored in a board chamber provided inside the sensor housing are integrated by coating the outer surface of a lead and the circuit board wit... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373844 | Switch feel measurement apparatus A measuring system that relate to the measurement of relatively small one degree of freedom mechanisms, such as pivoting and rotary switches, is disclosed. In particular end effectors and a kit for assembling various end effector assemblies is disclosed, that allow ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360457 | Electric power steering device The present invention relates to an electric power steering device provided with a torque sensor for detecting a torque using coil windings arranged in the inside of an electromagnetic yoke. The electric power steering device comprises coil bobbins which are housed ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320257 | Load measuring device for rolling bearing unit and load measuring rolling bearing unit Revolution speeds nca, nib of rolling elements 9a, 9b are sensed by a pair of revolution speed sensors 21a, 21b. Also, a rotational speed ni of a hub 2 is sensed by a rot... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320256 | Load measurement on rolling bearing with particular revolution speed measurements Revolution speeds of rolling elements in respective rows are sensed, and then the axial load or the radial load is derived based on the revolution speeds. In case the acting directions of these loads are displaced, the contact angles of the rolling elements in respe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7287440 | Torque sensor A magnetism generation portion 4 is provided at a first shaft 2, and a first magnetic yoke 7 and a second magnetic yoke 8 bent in L shape are provided at a second shaft 3 so that a magnetic flux generated at the magnetism generatio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270016 | Sensor-equipped rolling bearing unit A sensor includes a stator having four or more magnetic pole teeth and concentric with a stationary-side raceway member, and excitation coils and detection coils wound around the respective magnetic pole teeth. Signals generated in the detection coils according to d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263901 | Method and device for determining the direction of displacement of a roller bearing component A measuring arrangement in a roller bearing, which determines the direction of displacement of a displaceable bearing component in relation to a stationary bearing component. Four pressure-dependent resistors (R1, R2, R3, R4) of a bridge ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240570 | Load-sensing bearing A load sensing bearing assembly comprises a bearing outer race secured to an application structure by a flange assembly incorporating a plurality of anisotropic spring regions which enable a limited range of displacement and/or rotation of the bearing outer race rel... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237444 | Torque cell for determining a torque load on a rotary member A torque detection system is provided for detecting torque applied to a rotary shaft. A spring element is connected to an input and output shaft. As torque is applied to the shaft system, the input shaft is rotationally offset from the output shaft and a sensing sys... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7216551 | Rolling bearing unit with sensor A sensor device 2 has a magnetostrictive sensor 8 provided on a fixed-side raceway member 3 for detecting a gap between the sensor and a rotation-side raceway member 4, and means for processing the output of the magnetostrictive sensor | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204161 | Isolation arrangement for system under test A gear system having a rotatory input is isolated while subjected to test for torsional and linear vibration. The gear system is installed on an isolation support that affords multiple degrees of freedom with respect to a base, whereby torsional and linear vibration... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197944 | Hub unit with sensor A sensor device including a resolver having a rotor provided on a rotation-side raceway member of a hub unit and a stator provided on a stationary-side raceway member of the unit, and a processing circuit for processing a signal to be output in accordance with an ai... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7140228 | Roller bearings equipped with sensors An antifriction bearing equipped with sensors for measuring the length change in the rolling contact between antifriction elements and the outer ring, region vectors are formed and pass via an interface to an evaluation unit disposed outside the antifriction bearing... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7048633 | Elastic coupling An elastic coupling is provided and has first and second coupling parts that are rotatable relative to one another and engage one another via elastomeric elements. A coupling gap remains between the coupling parts. A marking is disposed on the outer edge of one of t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6962088 | Torque detection device for wave gearing The torque detection device for a wave gearing comprises a strain gauge unit having a strain gauge pattern. The strain gauge pattern includes circular-arc shaped detection segments A and B, and three terminal portions for external wiring with one being formed betwee... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945126 | Rotation sensor A rotation sensor functioning as both a rotation-angle sensor and a torque sensor is provided which, when applied to a steering sensor for an automobile, for example, permits reduction in the number of components and thus in the weight of the automobile and contribu... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6662669 | Isolation arrangement for system under test An arrangement for isolating an energy transfer system while it is subjected to a test process for noise. The energy transfer system is of the type having an energy input and at least one energy output, and may be mechanical or electrical. The isolation a... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6581477 | Torque sensor for a power assist steering system A torque sensor (32) for a power assist steering system (10) for sensing applied torque between relatively rotatable input and output shafts (16, 17) which are connected by a torsion element (18) comprises an input transformer (T1) and a rotary transmitte... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6523422 | Isolation arrangement for system under test An arrangement for isolating an energy transfer system while it is subjected to a test process for noise. The energy transfer system is of the type having an energy input and at least one energy output, and may be mechanical or electrical. The isolation a... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6450045 | Torque sensing calibration unit A torque sensing calibration unit comprises a hollow torsion bar (2) to which torque is to be applied, associated with two or more pairs or positions sensors (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) each pair being arranged to measure movement of the bar on diametrically... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6427307 | Low-hysteresis coupling method for angular-position and torque sensor An angular-position and torque sensor assembly includes a low-hysteresis coupling for an assembly including a plurality of shafts. The coupling comprises an inner member, an outer member, and a base member disposed outside the outer member. The inner memb... | 08/06/2002 |
