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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry Zhiqi Wang, Canton, MI (US);
Pierre Joseph Gosselin, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jonathan Edward Gunger, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386249 ;
Abstract
A quick installing axial deformation transducer has diametrically opposite strain gages to measure the axial deformation or load on a uniform or tapered cross-section member. The strain gages are four in number with two on each diametrically side of the member. Adjacent strain gages are orientated and electrically connected on adjacent arms of a bridge to measure axial deformation and to cancel outputs caused by bending or torsional moments as a result of the axial force applied.