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US 11,994,443 B2Granted
Sensing device with gauge
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsShihong Huo, Lei Liu, David P. Hatch, Frank H. Jacobs
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Abstract
Embodiments included herein are directed towards sensing devices and related methods. Embodiments may include a first gauge positioned on a port of the sensing device. A first resistor of the first gauge may be positioned in a first compression region of the port. A second resistor of the first gauge may also be positioned in the first compression region of the port.
Claims18
A sensing device, comprising:
- a first gauge positioned on a port of the sensing device, wherein the first gauge is a first L-shaped gauge including sense elements which further include a first resistor and a second resistor;
- the first resistor positioned on a first leg of the first L-shaped gauge, the first resistor positioned away from a center region and a tension region and in a first compression region of the port;
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- the second resistor positioned on a second leg of the first L-shaped gauge, the second resistor positioned away from the center region and the tension region and in the first compression region of the port.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a first resistor of a first gauge away from a center region and a tension region and in a first compression region of a port of a sensing device, wherein the first gauge is a first L-shaped gauge including sense elements which further include the first resistor positioned on a first leg of the first L-shaped gauge and a second resistor positioned on a second leg of the first L-shaped gauge;
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- positioning a second resistor of the first L-shaped gauge away from the center region and the tension region and in the first compression region of the port of the sensing device, the second resistor positioned approximately orthogonal to the first resistor,
- wherein the first L-shaped gauge is positioned outside of the center region of the port and outside of the tension region of the port.
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A sensing device, comprising:
- a first L-shaped gauge positioned on a port of the sensing device, wherein the first L-shaped gauge includes sense elements which further include a first resistor and a second resistor;
- the first resistor positioned on a first leg of the first L-shaped gauge, the first resistor positioned away from a center region and a tension region and in a first radial strain compression region of the port;
- the second resistor positioned on a second leg of the first L-shaped gauge, the second resistor positioned away from the center region and the tension region and in the first radial strain compression region of the port;
- a second L-shaped gauge positioned on the port of the sensing device, wherein the second L-shaped gauge includes sense elements which further include a third resistor and a fourth resistor;
- the third resistor positioned on a third leg of the second L-shaped gauge, the third resistor positioned away from the center region and the tension region and in a second radial strain compression region of the port;
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- the fourth resistor positioned on a fourth leg of the second L-shaped gauge, the fourth resistor positioned away from the center region and the tension region and in the second radial strain compression region of the port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.