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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. 19, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald F Horner, Warwickshire, GB;
David O Crane, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignee:
Crane Electronics Limited, Nuneaton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386235 ; 73773 ; 439 29 ;
Abstract
A torque transducer has a torque transformable shaft 2 with strain guages 10, 12 electrically connected to sliprings 58 separated by spacers 60. A torque related signal is transmittable via the sliprings to a brush arrangement 22 having flexible strips 24 pulled by tension from springs 26 against the periphery of the sliprings 58, with the strips 24 tracked between the spacers 60 onto the sliprings 58.