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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Porth, Frankfurt, DE;
Lother Gier, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Corporation, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 ; B25B 2/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 3/00 ; B25B 2/314 ;
Abstract
A torque sensor has a generator whose output signal is a function of a torque, a second signal generator, whose output signal changes in an opposite direction as a function of the torque, and an evaluation device which has a summing means which is connected to the two signal generators. For this purpose, connected to an integrator whose output is connected to a first input of a comparator whose second input is connected to the output of the comparator reset input of the integrator output of the torque sensor.