G01L 5/0085
Force sensors adapted for insertion between cooperating machine elements
Official title: {Force sensors adapted for insertion between cooperating machine elements, e.g. for measuring the nip force between rollers}
G01L5/0085 (Force sensors adapted for insertion between cooperating machine elements) appears on 101 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multiple degree of freedom force sensor7 Oct 2025US 12,434,390 B2Boston Dynamics, Inc.
- Measurement system for installation between torque and/or force-transmitting machine parts29 Apr 2025US 12,287,247 B2Piezocryst Advanced Sensorics GmbH
- Method and apparatus for detecting the configuration of elongated elements14 Jan 2025US 12,196,547 B2Schnell S.P.A.
- Method and apparatus for measuring and removing rotational variability from a nip pressure profile of a covered roll of a nip press3 Sep 2024US 12,077,914 B2International Paper Company
- Conveyor device and semiconductor production equipment5 Mar 2024US 11,923,226 B2Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
- Roller with shielding for sensors10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266672 A1Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
- Sensor module, sensor strip, sensor roller, and method21 May 2026US 2026/0140003 A1Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Peeling apparatus and peeling method31 Jul 2025US 2025/0246457 A1Disco Corporation
- Method and apparatus for measuring and removing rotational variability from a nip pressure profile of a covered roll of a nip press5 Dec 2024US 2024/0401273 A1International Paper Company
- Method and apparatus for measuring and removing rotational variability from a nip pressure profile of a covered roll of a nip press10 Aug 2023US 2023/0250584 A1International Paper Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pressure sensor186US 6,272,936 B1Tekscan, Inc. · 2001
- Method and device for measurement of the nip force and/or nip pressure in a nip formed by a revolving roll or a band that is used in the manufacture of paper73US 5,383,371 AValmet Paper Machinery Inc. · 1995
- Dynamic nip pressure and temperature sensing system72US 5,562,027 AStowe Woodward Licensco, LLC · 1996
- Method and apparatus for roll profile measurement61US 5,048,353 ABeloit Corporation · 1991
- Method and device for measuring the nip force and/or nip pressure in a nip57US 5,379,652 AValmet Paper Machinery Inc. · 1995