公开(公告)号：US20090071250A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-19

申请号：US11901021

申请日：2007-09-14

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Scott Goodman ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Scott Goodman ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： G01P15/12

CPC分类号： G01P15/123 ,  G01P1/023

摘要： An accelerometer includes a cantilever mass with a thin beam element between the mass and the fixed end of the accelerometer. The end of the mass is tapered. A limiting member has an aperture that is tapered corresponding to the taper at the end of the mass and positioned to surround the tapered end of the seismic mass. The beam accelerometer as well as the limiting member is placed in a cylindrical housing whereby the limiting member is moved along the taper of the seismic mass to adjust the spacing between the limiting member and the inner wall of the housing to thereby adjust the amount of movement of the seismic mass. In one embodiment the aperture of the tapered limited member also surrounds the seismic mass but the gap between the inner wall of the tapered limiting member and the outer wall of the seismic mass is adjusted to determine the amount of movement of the beam. In this manner, one can utilize a beam accelerometer arrangement of a cylindrical configuration within a housing and whereby the seismic mass has a taper and the taper coacts with a limiting member which has a corresponding taper to adjust the distance that the beam can move upon application of a force thereto.

公开(公告)号：US07661317B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-16

申请号：US11825089

申请日：2007-07-03

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： G01L7/00

CPC分类号： G01L9/0055

摘要： A high pressure transducer has an H shaped cross-section with a center arm of the H having a top and bottom surface with the top surface of the H accommodating four strain gauges. Two strain gauges are located at the center of the top portion of the center arm of the H and are positive strain gauges, while two strain gauges are located near the periphery of the center arm of the gauge. The bottom surface of the center arm of the gauge has an active area of a smaller diameter than the circular diameter of the center arm portion of the transducer. The smaller active area is surrounded by a thicker stepped area which surrounds an active area on the pressure side of the H shaped member. The surrounding stepped area enables one to position the two negative strain gauges on the opposite surface of the center arm and near the periphery to thereby cause the negative gauges to respond to a negative stresses and therefore to enable one to provide a full Wheatstone bridge which includes the two positive strain gauges located at the center of the center arm of the H and the two negative peripheral gauges.

摘要翻译： 高压传感器具有H形横截面，H的中心臂具有顶部和底部表面，H的顶部表面容纳四个应变计。 两个应变计位于H中心臂顶部的中心，是正应变片，而两个应变计位于仪表中心臂周边附近。 量规的中心臂的底面具有比换能器的中心臂部的圆形直径小的有效面积。 较小的活动区域被围绕H形构件的压力侧上的有效区域的较厚的台阶区域包围。 周围的阶梯区域使得能够将两个负应变计定位在中心臂的相对表面上并且在周边附近，从而使负的量规响应于负应力，并且因此使得能够提供一个完整的惠斯通电桥，其包括 位于H中心臂中心的两个正应变计和两个负外围量规。

公开(公告)号：US20090301217A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：US12157029

申请日：2008-06-06

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard Martin ,  Robert Gardner

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard Martin ,  Robert Gardner

IPC分类号： G01N3/22

CPC分类号： G01N3/22 ,  G01L3/1457 ,  G01L5/161 ,  G01L5/223 ,  G01N3/08 ,  G01N2203/0021 ,  G01N2203/0623

摘要： There is disclosed a multiple axis load cell or controller in which axial and torsion measurements are decoupled while maximizing the outputs of both measurements. The active member of the load cell is a wheel with dual beams as the spokes. The wheel thus has four spokes or four beam members, each spoke is a pair of rectangular cross-section beams, orthogonal to each other. The beams have strain gages on the wide surfaces which measure the bending strain which is proportional to torsion or the axial input. There is an inner beam section and an outer beam section associated with each spoke and orthogonal to each other. The outer beams have the wide surface normal to the axis of the load cell. This beam section is more sensitive to the axial tension/compression input. The inner beam sections have their wide surface parallel to the axis of the load cell and are much less sensitive to bending but are sensitive to torsion. Therefore when a torsion or twisting motion is applied to the load cell, the inner beams with their wide surface parallel to the axis of the wheel are more sensitive and bend more. These beams experience bending as a result of the torsion input and have strain gages formed in a Wheatstone bridge arrangement to provide an output proportional to the torsion. The outer beams also have gages mounted thereon which are also wired in a Wheatstone bridge configuration and which Wheatstone bridge output of these gages are proportional to the axial force.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种多轴称重传感器或控制器，其中轴向和扭转测量被解耦，同时最大化两个测量的输出。 称重传感器的活动构件是具有双梁作为轮辐的车轮。 因此，车轮具有四个轮辐或四个梁构件，每个轮辐是一对彼此正交的矩形横截面梁。 梁在宽表面上具有应变计，其测量与扭转或轴向输入成比例的弯曲应变。 存在与每个辐条相关联并且彼此正交的内梁部分和外部梁部分。 外梁具有与测力传感器的轴线垂直的宽表面。 该梁部分对轴向张力/压缩输入更敏感。 内梁部分的宽表面平行于称重传感器的轴线，并且对弯曲敏感度较低，但对扭转敏感。 因此，当对称重传感器施加扭转或扭转运动时，具有与车轮轴线平行的宽表面的内梁更敏感并且弯曲得更多。 这些梁由于扭转输入而经历弯曲，并且在惠斯登电桥布置中形成应变计以提供与扭转成比例的输出。 外梁还具有安装在其上的规格，其也以惠斯通电桥配置布线，并且这些计量器的惠斯通电桥输出与轴向力成比例。

公开(公告)号：US20090229378A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-17

申请号：US12380630

申请日：2009-03-02

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard J. Martin

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard J. Martin

IPC分类号： G01D7/00

CPC分类号： G01L5/223 ,  G05G2009/04762

摘要： A joystick apparatus employs a hermetically sealed load cell having strain gauges placed on flexible beams formed on the load cell. All of the strain gauges are on the same surface of the load cell and therefore wiring is performed on a single side of the load cell. The strain gauges are enclosed in hermetically sealed cavity. The sensing diaphragm consists of a concentric thick inner and outer section joined by thinner diametrically opposed beam elements. The thin beam elements are compliant members which can deflect. Each beam includes strain gauges or sensor elements and the load cell is coupled to a joystick which when moved causes the beams to deflect to cause the sensor elements to produce an electrical output proportional to the force and direction of the joystick. The sensor can yield an output proportional to any angle over the 360° movement of the joystick to provide outputs proportional to the X and Y positions of said joystick. Thus, the joystick arrangement can resolve any angle or force into X and Y components for full directional control.

摘要翻译： 操纵杆装置采用密封的称重传感器，该测力传感器具有放置在测力传感器上形成的柔性梁上的应变仪。 所有的应变计位于测力传感器的相同表面上，因此在测力传感器的单侧进行接线。 应变计封闭在密封的空腔中。 传感膜片由同心厚的内部和外部部分组成，该部分与较细直径相对的梁元件连接。 薄梁元件是能够偏转的柔顺构件。 每个梁包括应变计或传感器元件，并且测力传感器耦合到操纵杆，当操作杆被移动时，导致梁偏转以使传感器元件产生与操纵杆的力和方向成比例的电输出。 传感器可以产生与操纵杆360°运动的任何角度成比例的输出，以提供与所述操纵杆的X和Y位置成比例的输出。 因此，操纵杆装置可以将任何角度或力分解成X和Y部件以进行全方位控制。

公开(公告)号：US20090007684A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：US11824920

申请日：2007-07-03

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard J. Martin

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane ,  Richard J. Martin

IPC分类号： G01B7/16

CPC分类号： G01L5/223 ,  G05G2009/04762

摘要： A joystick apparatus employs a hermetically sealed load cell having strain gauges placed on flexible beams formed on the load cell. All of the strain gauges are on the same surface of the load cell and therefore wiring is performed on a single side of the load cell. The strain gauges are enclosed in hermetically sealed cavity. The sensing diaphragm consists of a concentric thick inner and outer section joined by thinner diametrically opposed beam elements. The thin beam elements are compliant members which can deflect. Each beam includes strain gauges or sensor elements and the load cell is coupled to a joystick which when moved causes the beams to deflect to cause the sensor elements to produce an electrical output proportional to the force and direction of the joystick. The sensor can yield an output proportional to any angle over the 360° movement of the joystick to provide outputs proportional to the X and Y positions of said joystick. Thus, the joystick arrangement can resolve any angle or force into X and Y components for full directional control.

公开(公告)号：US20080121043A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US11978291

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： G01L9/00 ,  B23K15/00 ,  B23K31/02

CPC分类号： G01L19/0007 ,  B23K15/0053 ,  B23K26/28 ,  B23K33/00 ,  G01L7/082 ,  G01L19/0645

摘要： A pressure transducer assembly including: a pressure sensor header; a transducer assembly member; and a joining arrangement disposed at an interface of the header and the transducer assembly member, for joining the header with the transducer assembly member, the joining arrangement including: a recessed female joining element formed in one of the header and the transducer assembly member; and a protruding male joining element formed on the other of the header and the transducer assembly member, the male joining element received in the female joining element.

公开(公告)号：US07212096B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-01

申请号：US10867029

申请日：2004-06-14

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： H01C10/10

CPC分类号： G01L19/0645

摘要： A pressure sensor header for a pressure transducer includes a header shell having a sensor cavity formed therein, a sensor element disposed in the sensor cavity, a fluid medium disposed in the sensor cavity, an isolation diaphragm closing the sensor cavity, and a joining arrangement disposed at an interface of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, the joining arrangement joining the isolation diaphragm with the header shell. The isolation diaphragm is an integral unit comprising a thin membrane surrounded by a thicker outer ring. The joining arrangement has a recessed female joining element formed in one of the outer ring of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, and a protruding male joining element formed on the other one of the outer ring of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, the male joining element received in the female joining element.

摘要翻译： 用于压力传感器的压力传感器接头包括具有形成在其中的传感器腔的集管壳体，设置在传感器腔体中的传感器元件，设置在传感器腔体中的流体介质，封闭传感器腔体的隔离膜片，以及设置的接合装置 在隔离膜片和集管壳体的界面处，连接装置将隔离膜片与头部壳体接合。 隔离膜是包括被较厚外环包围的薄膜的整体单元。 接合装置具有形成在隔离膜的外圈和集管壳体中的一个中的凹形阴连接元件，以及形成在隔离膜片的外圈和主体壳体中的另一个上的突出的阳连接元件， 阳接合元件容纳在阴连接元件中。

公开(公告)号：US07559248B2

公开(公告)日：2009-07-14

申请号：US12077637

申请日：2008-03-19

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： G01L7/00

CPC分类号： G01L9/0051 ,  G01L9/0055

摘要： A high pressure transducer has an H shaped cross-section with a center arm of the H having a top and bottom surface with the top surface of the H accommodating four strain gauges. Two strain gauges are located at the center of the top portion of the center arm of the H and are positive strain gauges, while two strain gauges are located near the periphery of the center arm of the gauge. The bottom surface of the center arm of the gauge has an active area of a smaller diameter than the circular diameter of the center arm portion of the transducer. The smaller active area is surrounded by a thicker stepped area which surrounds an active area on the pressure side of the H shaped member. The surrounding stepped area enables one to position the two negative strain gauges on the opposite surface of the center arm and near the periphery to thereby cause the negative gauges to respond to a negative stresses and therefore to enable one to provide a full Wheatstone bridge which includes the two positive strain gauges located at the center of the center arm of the H and the two negative peripheral gauges.

公开(公告)号：US07432795B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-07

申请号：US11702761

申请日：2007-02-06

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： H01C10/10

CPC分类号： G01L19/0645

摘要： A pressure sensor header for a pressure transducer includes a header shell having a sensor cavity formed therein, a sensor element disposed in the sensor cavity, a fluid medium disposed in the sensor cavity, an isolation diaphragm closing the sensor cavity, and a joining arrangement disposed at an interface of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, the joining arrangement joining the isolation diaphragm with the header shell. The isolation diaphragm is an integral unit comprising a thin membrane surrounded by a thicker outer ring. The joining arrangement has a recessed female joining element formed in one of the outer ring of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, and a protruding male joining element formed on the other one of the outer ring of the isolation diaphragm and the header shell, the male joining element received in the female joining element.

摘要翻译： 用于压力传感器的压力传感器接头包括具有形成在其中的传感器腔的集管壳体，设置在传感器腔体中的传感器元件，设置在传感器腔体中的流体介质，封闭传感器腔体的隔离膜片，以及设置的接合装置 在隔离膜片和集管壳体的界面处，连接装置将隔离膜片与头部壳体接合。 隔离膜是包括被较厚外环包围的薄膜的整体单元。 接合装置具有形成在隔离膜的外圈和集管壳体中的一个中的凹形阴连接元件，以及形成在隔离膜片的外圈和主体壳体中的另一个上的突出的阳连接元件， 阳接合元件容纳在阴连接元件中。

公开(公告)号：US07369032B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-06

申请号：US11036877

申请日：2005-01-14

申请人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

发明人： Anthony D. Kurtz ,  Adam Kane

IPC分类号： H01C10/10

CPC分类号： G01L19/0007 ,  B23K15/0053 ,  B23K26/28 ,  B23K33/00 ,  G01L7/082 ,  G01L19/0645

摘要： A pressure transducer assembly including: a pressure sensor header; a transducer assembly member; and a joining arrangement disposed at an interface of the header and the transducer assembly member, for joining the header with the transducer assembly member, the joining arrangement including: a recessed female joining element formed in one of the header and the transducer assembly member; and a protruding male joining element formed on the other of the header and the transducer assembly member, the male joining element received in the female joining element.

摘要翻译： 一种压力传感器组件，包括：压力传感器头部; 换能器组件; 以及连接装置，其布置在所述集管和所述换能器组件构件的界面处，用于将所述集管与所述换能器组件构件接合，所述接合装置包括：形成在所述集管和所述换能器组件中的一个中的凹形阴连接元件; 以及形成在集管和换能器组件构件中的另一个上的突出的阳连接元件，阳接合元件容纳在阴连接元件中。