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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Kistler Holding Ag, Winterthur, CH;
Giovanni Mastrogiacomo, Zurich, CH;
Sandro Brandenberger, Andelfingen, CH;
Paul Furter, Russikon, CH;
Reinhard Staub, Herrliberg, CH;
Rolf Thiel, Baenk (Daegerlen), CH;
Claudio Cavalloni, Regensdorf, CH;
KISTLER HOLDING, AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
A contact force testing apparatus includes a measuring sensor that can be contacted with an electrical contact element and measures a contact force (F) of a contact with the electrical contact element of an electrical connector having a male component and a female component. The measuring sensor receives the contact force in a contact region with a piezoelectric pick-up. The measuring sensor includes a plurality of piezoelectric pick-ups that are spaced apart from one another by pick-up gaps. The measuring sensor has a protective sleeve that covers the piezoelectric pick-ups and the pick-up gaps in the contact region.