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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775129 | Rotation angle sensor A rotation angle sensor is provided with a shaft portion having a torsion bar, a rotation angle sensing portion for detecting rotation angle of the shaft portion, and a torque sensing portion for detecting angle of torsion of the torsion bar. The rotation angle sens... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7334485 | System, method and computer-readable medium for locating physical phenomena A method, system and computer product for detecting the location of a deformation of a structure includes baselining a defined energy transmitting characteristic for each of the plurality of laterally adjacent conductors attached to the structure. Each of the plural... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7185549 | Pressure point detector A pressure point detector has a simple structure and is capable of detecting which location of a two-dimensional surface such as a circle a pressure is applied can be detected. The pressure point detector includes a flexible insulation member in a predetermined shap... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7152337 | Robotic carriage for data collection A robotic carriage for measuring the camber of a large-span structural beam is provided. The carriage includes a frame having a platform supported by a plurality of legs having wheels rotatably mounted at the ends of the legs. The legs elevate the platform above ver... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7114402 | Sensor element device for a capacitive contact switch with an electrically conductive body and method for the manufacture of such a body According to an embodiment of the invention, a sensor element device for a capacitive contact switch can be formed from a foam body with several portions. There are electrically conductive areas with a sensor element surface and an electrical contact face, as well a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6993980 | Surface pressure distribution sensor and manufacturing method for the same In view of conventional circumstances where a surface pressure distribution sensor has poor reproducibility when mass-produced, so it has been desired to stabilize sensing properties, to secure reliability, and to improve productivity and yield, the invention achiev... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6360597 | In-shoe remote telemetry gait analysis system A gait analysis system includes a shoe insert for use in a shoe worn by a subject while walking as part of a process of collecting gait data. The insert has force-sensing sensors distributed to define a sensing aperture, and each sensor provides an electr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6343515 | Method and apparatus for improved measurement of tension and compression in a wireline A tension measuring device including an elongated body having two ends and a deflection block secured to each end of the elongated body for holding a line spaced apart from the elongated body. The deflection blocks are positioned equidistant from a center... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6199020 | External force measuring apparatus In an external measuring apparatus, a past zero signal value V0 is first read out. A subtracted value obtained by subtracting the zero signal value V0 from a read signal value Vin from an angular velocity detector is compared with a preset first threshold... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5905211 | Load monitor sheave A large diameter load monitor sheave is provided for measuring the tension n a cable. The sheave is rotatably mounted on a cantilevered, generally vertical, fixed axle. The cantilevered axle allows the cable to be looped over the sheave without having to t... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5837910 | Method and a device for two-shaft force measurement and its application to the determination of tensile force in a continuous web The present invention relates to a method and a device for two-shaft force measurement and its application to the determination of tensile force in a continuous web. The device comprises a force-introducing part (4) with two force-measuring parts A and B ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5827975 | Method and apparatus for measuring the tension of the warp in a weaving machine In the method a force FM is measured which has substantially the same magnitude over the pivotal range depending on the path of the warp and on the geometrical arrangement of the deflection member, of the tensioning member and of the pivot axis... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5656785 | Micromechanical contact load force sensor for sensing magnitude and distribution of loads and tool employing micromechanical contact load force sensor A micromechanical contact load force sensor is disclosed. The force sensor comprises an array of capacitive load cells on a substrate. The force sensor is able to sense high loads, on the order on 109 N/m2, and distribute the load ov... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5553500 | Triaxial normal and shear force sensor A triaxial force sensor using a hemispherical target embedded in a compliant layer such as an elastomer and having a plurality of ultrasonic transducers disposed in a plane at equal intervals about the target and vertically and laterally offset from the t... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5515738 | Piezoelectric surface pressure input panel An active matrix surface pressure input panel comprises a piezoelectric sheet having electrode lines formed thereon and coupled to a piezoelectric body for vibrating the sheet at a given reference frequency. When an object having surface variations, such ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5507187 | Wheel-acting force measuring device A wheel-acting force measuring device permits accurate measurement of a shearing stress by removing a torsional stress component measured by a stress detector. A stress sensor includes four sensor segments which measure stress by a change in a characteris... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5390550 | Apparatus for measuring tension in stretched cables A tension measuring apparatus for determining the tension in stretched cables, ropes, wires and the like.... | 02/21/1995 |
| 4607535 | Gauge for measuring the tension in an elongate element A gauge for testing the tension in an elongate flexible element includes a frame having an element engaging surface stationarily supported thereon and facing in a first direction, and a tensioning member reciprocally movably supported on the frame and hav... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4506555 | Cable tension measuring device An apparatus for measuring tension in cables or chains comprises a unitary structure which may be entirely formed by welding and bending operations. An elongated resiliently deformable rod has its opposed ends bent laterally in opposite directions into ho... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4309910 | String tension tester A simple and inexpensive testing device for checking the tension of the strings of a tennis racquet, a badminton racquet or the like includes a string engaging member for engaging one of the strings of a previously strung racquet. This string engaging mem... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4141245 | Device for the measurement of mechanical work and power Mechanical work and power transmitted through transmission elements such as chain drives is determined by deflecting a transmission element and measuring the distance and/or speed of deflection and the deflection force while the transmission continues its... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4135393 | Tensiometer A tensiometer, for measuring the tension of elongated flexible articles, has a frame member, one portion of which defines a scale and a second portion of which supports a fulcrum spaced from the scale, and a spring member for applying a predetermined forc... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4092857 | Tensiometer A damping mechanism for a rotating-head tensiometer, of the kind with a handle and a measuring head rotatably attached thereto, having an escapement pivoted about its own center of mass, and engaged with a toothed surface, such that, as the measuring head... | 06/06/1978 |
| 3994162 | Yarn tension measuring Apparatus for measuring the tension in a length of yarn in a machine comprises deflecting means for deflecting said yarn and measuring means for measuring the force required to effect the deflection, which force is related to the tension in the yarn.... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3950988 | Apparatus for measuring tension in a moving web In order to measure tension in a moving web independently of the frictional forces developed between the web and stationary parts of the measuring mechanism, a drag board assembly is provided with a pivotal mounting on an axis which is so located with res... | 04/20/1976 |
