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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsui Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3402 / ; 212 / ; 340272 ;
Abstract
For a crane having a boom for hanging loads apparatus for detecting overload is provided which comprises a boom bending moment set value generator, which is determined by a variable quantity corresponding to the operating radius of the crane, a boom bending moment detector having transversely spaced strain gauges mounted on the boom, a comparator for comparing the output of the boom bending moment set value generator with the averaged output of the boom bending moment detector, and means operated by the output of the comparator which is produced when the output of the detector exceeds the output of the boom bending moment set value generator.