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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. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/06 ;
Abstract
Force sensing apparatus is provided for sensing deflection of a transducer ( ) in an ultrasonic welding machine. The apparatus includes a body member ( ), a transducer holder ( ) and a force sensor ( ). The transducer holder ( ) is adapted to hold an ultrasonic transducer ( ) and the transducer holder ( ) is fixed to the body member ( ). The force sensor ( ) is located between adjacent surfaces ( ) of the body member ( ) and the transducer holder ( ) to sense a force applied between the surfaces ( ).