Multiaxial load cell
Abstract
Abstract A TRIAXIAL LOAD CELL COMPRISING A UPPER LOAD RECEIVING PLATFORM PORTION OF GENERALLY DISC SHAPE, A LOWER INTERNALLY THREADED RIM PORTION, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED COLUMN PORTIONS OF SQUARE CROSS SECTION INTEGRALLY INTERCONNECTING THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER PLATFORM PORTION AND THE RIM PORTION, AN INSERT MEMBER THREADABLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE RIM PORTION, AND A PLURALITY OF STRAIN GAGES SECURED TO THE SIDE FACES OF THE COLUMN PORTIONS. THE INVENTION CELL, WHEN USED IN IMPACT TESTING OF AUTOMOTIVE STEERING COLUMNS, IS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE HUB OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL HUB THREADABLY SECURED TO THE UPPER FACE OF THE PLATFORM PORTION AND THE USUAL EXTERNAL SPLINES ON THE UPPER END OF THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT ENGAGING WITH INTERNAL SPLINES ON THE TRANSUCER INSERT MEMBER.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene R Shull
- 👤 Robert P Nichols
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