Invention Application
- Patent Title: TORQUE MEASUREMENT WITHIN A POWERTRAIN
- Patent Title (中): 动力传动系统的扭矩测量
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Application No.: US11939242Application Date: 2007-11-13
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Publication No.: US20090013803A1Publication Date: 2009-01-15
- Inventor: RAYMOND DAVID LOHR , Mark Lee , Arthur John Leigh , David Daniel George Vile , Paul Joseph Howse
- Applicant: RAYMOND DAVID LOHR , Mark Lee , Arthur John Leigh , David Daniel George Vile , Paul Joseph Howse
- Priority: GB0418271.3 20040816; GB0605240.1 20060315; GBPCT/GB2007/000824 20070309
- Main IPC: G01L3/04
- IPC: G01L3/04

Abstract:
A method is provided for measuring torque in a shaft of a drive line including a disc coupling component such as a flexplate 1 or a flanged coupling 13, as well as a drive coupling system for carrying out the method. The disc coupling component 1, 13 is connected between a drive input 4 and a drive output so that all torque transmitted between the input and output passes through said component. The disc coupling component 1, 13 has a radially extending portion, which may include a plurality of spokes 7, to which is attached a SAW based strain sensor which communicates with a stationary coupler 3 fastened to an engine block 5 for wireless transmission of data from the sensor, the strain sensor measuring the strain in the disc coupling component 1, 13 from which the torque carried in the input shaft 4 may be calculated.
Public/Granted literature
- US07770471B2 Torque measurement within a powertrain Public/Granted day:2010-08-10
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