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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Keiichi Sato, Wako, JP;
Hideaki Murayama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuro Kageyama, Ushiku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for measuring shear load of a fastening tool, which comprises the steps of: positioning an optical fiber sensor on a surface of a fastening tool to be subjected to a measurement, or within the tool but near the surface thereof, so that the optical fiber sensor is positioned along a direction of an axis the fastening tool; and measuring the shear load acting on the fastening tool on the basis of a change in an optical characteristic of the optical fiber sensor that directly corresponds to a deformation of the fastening tool when the shear load is applied to the fastening tool.