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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);
Michael A. Shramko, South Attleboro, MA (US);
Shihong Huo, Bedford, MA (US);
Sam Black, Somerville, MA (US);
Roberto L. Rivera, Cumberland, RI (US);
Jianzhuan Lin, West Hartford, MA (US);
Eric A. Wolf, Boston, MA (US);
Mark Taddonio, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A force sensor, flexible sensing element, and method for the force sensor are disclosed. The force sensor uses a flexible sense element with two flexible arms dedicated to measuring strain related to a pitch force and two flexible arms dedicated to measuring strain related to roll force. The use of two channels for each measurement provides a command lane and a monitor lane for strain measurements. Strain gauges are disposed on both the top and the bottom surfaces of each arm, thus providing two completely redundant systems. When a failure is detected in one of the systems, the redundant system can be implemented.