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Torque sensor having a spoked sensor element support structurePiezoelectric sensor devices are attached across pairs of circularly arranged spokes arrayed on the periphery of an annular ring. The sensor devices each include a preloaded steel ball mounting arrangement for mounting a piezoelectric sensor element. A first circular interface plate on one side of the sensor structure attaches to alternate one of the spokes, and a circular interface plate on the opposite side of the same diameter as the first interface plate attaches to the remaining spokes.
Document ID
19910008037
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Lurie, Boris J.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena., United States)
Schier, J. Alan
(Jet Propulsion Lab. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena., United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 12, 1990
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-NPO-17461-1-CU
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-326820
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,932,270
Accession Number
91N17350
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
NASA-CASE-NPO-17461-1-CU|US-PATENT-4,932,270
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-326820
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