Parallel member moment transfer means

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOMENTS, WITH RELATION TO A PREDETERMINED MOMENT CENTER THEREIN, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY SUBJECT BOTH TO A MOMENT ACTING IN A LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF SAID BODY AND A TRANSVERSE FORCE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED THERETO IN SAID PLANE, SAID BODY INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BEAM STRUCTURE SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID MOMENT CENTER, SAID BEAM STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLE BEAMS SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF THE BODY IN SAID PLANE AND AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF STABILIZER BEAM PORTIONS, ONE PAIR OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED BEAMS, SAID STABILIZER BEAM PORTIONS BEING SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PLANE AND HAVING CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS SUBSTANTIALLY NEGLIABLE WITH RESPECT TO CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED BEAMS, ALL OF SAID BEAMS BEING SUBJECTED TO BENDING STRESSES BOTH BY SAID MOMENT AND BY SAID FORCE AND HAVING OPPOSITELY LOCATED SURFACES THEREON PLACED RESPECTIVELY IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION BY SUCH BENDING STRESSES, SAID BEAMS BEING SO PROPORTIONAL IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE DISTANCE OF SAID BEAM STRUCTURES FROM SAID MOMENT CENTER TO EXHIBIT AT RESPECTIVE PREDETERMINED MEASURING LOCATIONS ON SAID SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY COUPLED MUTUAL CANCELLATION OF STRESS COMPONENTS CONTRIBUTED BY SUCH TRANSVERSE FORCE, AND STRAIN-SENSING ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON SAID SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID PREDETERMINED MEASURING LOCATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, THEREBY TO SENSE COMPONENTS OF STRESS IN SAID BEAM STRUCTURE CONTRIBUTED SOLELY BY SAID MOMENT.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOMENTS, WITH RELATION TO A PREDETERMINED MOMENT CENTER THEREIN, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY SUBJECT BOTH TO A MOMENT ACTING IN A LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF SAID BODY AND A TRANSVERSE FORCE SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED THERETO IN SAID PLANE, SAID BODY INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BEAM STRUCTURE SPACED LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID MOMENT CENTER, SAID BEAM STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLE BEAMS SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF THE BODY IN SAID PLANE AND AT LEAST TWO PAIRS OF STABILIZER BEAM PORTIONS, ONE PAIR OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED BEAMS, SAID STABILIZER BEAM PORTIONS BEING SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PLANE AND HAVING CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS SUBSTANTIALLY NEGLIABLE WITH RESPECT TO CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED BEAMS, ALL OF SAID BEAMS BEING SUBJECTED TO BENDING STRESSES BOTH BY SAID MOMENT AND BY SAID FORCE AND HAVING OPPOSITELY LOCATED SURFACES THEREON PLACED RESPECTIVELY IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION BY SUCH BENDING STRESSES, SAID BEAMS BEING SO PROPORTIONAL IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE DISTANCE OF SAID BEAM STRUCTURES FROM SAID MOMENT CENTER TO EXHIBIT AT RESPECTIVE PREDETERMINED MEASURING LOCATIONS ON SAID SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY COUPLED MUTUAL CANCELLATION OF STRESS COMPONENTS CONTRIBUTED BY SUCH TRANSVERSE FORCE, AND STRAIN-SENSING ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON SAID SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID PREDETERMINED MEASURING LOCATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, THEREBY TO SENSE COMPONENTS OF STRESS IN SAID BEAM STRUCTURE CONTRIBUTED SOLELY BY SAID MOMENT.