The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1979
Harry E Lockery, Sudbury, MA (US);
Eric Laimins, Bellmont, MA (US);
Hottinger Baldwin Measurements, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
The moment sensitivity of shear beam transducers is mechanically compensated to make such transducers relatively insensitive to load applications which are off-center relative to an optimal point of load application. The compensation is made by gradually increasing the depth of a load application hole in the transducer. The load application hole extends in the direction of a load application axis and its depth is increased until said moment sensitivity becomes substantially zero. In other words, the load sensitivity becomes substantially independent of the location of the point of load application. A further linearization of the moment sensitivity is accomplished by placing inserts into the load application hole.