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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2017
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Douglas Duff, Marysville, OH (US);
Andrew Sweigart, Grove City, OH (US);
Evan Yarrington, Raymond, OH (US);
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a force sensor including a housing and a support coupled to the housing, where the apparatus can couple to a rotary component. The housing also includes a handle coupled to the support to facilitate applying a force to the apparatus. The apparatus further includes an angular position sensor to sense rotation related to the apparatus, which can include a rotation of the rotary component to which the apparatus is coupled, a relative rotation between the housing and the handle, where the handle is rotatably coupled to the housing, and/or the like. The apparatus also includes a force sensor enabled to measure an amount of force applied to the handle.