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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Graham Mcdearmon, North Canton, OH (US);
Brent Mathie, Louisville, OH (US);
Graham McDearmon, North Canton, OH (US);
Brent Mathie, Louisville, OH (US);
The Timken Company, Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
A displacement, strain, and/or force sensor assembly () has a mounting structure () with an anisotropic stiffness to facilitate the measurement of displacements, strains, and/or forces along the X-axis, while minimizing errors due to undesired displacements, strains, and/or forces along the Y- and Z-axes, and rotations about the X-, Y-, and Z-axes. A pedestal () configured to respond to axial displacements along the X-axis is centrally disposed on the X-axis of the mounting structure (), and a displacement or strain sensor () is coupled to the pedestal () to provide a measure of the displacements, strains, and/or forces. Contact pads () are formed on opposite ends of the X-axis of the mounting structure, to enable the displacement and/or strain sensor assembly to be secured to an application structure.