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US 10,119,870 B2Granted
Actuator drive unit with load cell
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsKevin Rehfus, David Drennen, Thomas Freshour, Harald Klode, Satinder Mann, Robert French
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an electromechanical actuator comprising an actuator drive unit housing, a relief formed in the actuator drive unit housing, a column defined by the relief positioned adjacent to a second relief, and a load cell comprising the column and a strain gauge coupled to the column.
Claims17
An electromechanical actuator comprising:
- an actuator drive unit housing;
- a first relief formed in an exterior surface of the actuator drive unit housing, wherein a thrust bearing raceway is disposed on an exterior surface of the actuator drive unit housing;
- a column defined by the first relief positioned adjacent to a second relief;
- and
- a load cell comprising the column and a strain gauge coupled to the column, wherein the strain gauge is flush mounted on the actuator drive unit housing.
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An actuator drive unit housing comprising:
- an exterior surface comprising a thrust bearing raceway;
- a relief formed in the exterior surface of the actuator drive unit housing;
- and
- a load cell, wherein the load cell is defined by a portion of the actuator drive unit housing, and wherein the load cell comprises a plurality of columns defined by the relief positioned between adjacent columns.
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A wheel and brake system comprising:
- an electromechanical actuator having an actuator drive unit housing;
- a first relief formed in an exterior surface of the actuator drive unit housing, wherein a thrust bearing raceway is disposed on an exterior surface of the actuator drive unit housing;
- a column defined by the first relief positioned adjacent to a second relief;
- and
- a load cell comprising the column and a strain gauge coupled to the column, wherein the strain gauge is flush mounted on the actuator drive unit housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.