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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
John S Forrester, West Midlands, GB;
Michael Appleyard, Lancashire, GB;
Lucas Industries Public Limited Co., Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A load measuring device is incorporated in a damper or suspension strut of a vehicle. The device comprises an annular plate which is interposed between axially spaced opposite faces of a thrust bearing and an abutment for the adjacent end of the spring, and the plate is supported from the opposite faces at at least three angularly spaced locations of which a location on one side of the plate is disposed substantially at the mid-point in the circumferential length between a pair of locations on the opposite side of the plate. Bending moments in the plate are monitored by thick film technology to give a direct reading of load.