Method and device for measuring the following of a path under load
AssigneesUniversite De Nantes, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsSÉBASTIEN GARNIER, BENOÎT FURET
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Abstract
A device for measuring a path under load of a first part that is in motion relative to a second part. The device includes an active telescopic bar and a connector. The telescopic bar includes a scale to measure the length of the bar, a coupler to ball link at each end of the bar, and a force sensor to measure the force applied to the bar along its longitudinal axis. The connector links each end of the bar to the first and second part, respectively. The spatial components of the force applied to one of the connector are measured. A measuring method utilizing the device.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A device to measure a path under load of a first part that is in motion relative to a second part, comprising:
- an active telescopic bar comprising:
- a scale to measure a length of the telescopic bar;
- a link, at each end of the telescopic bar, comprising two degrees of rotational freedom;
- a force sensor to measure a force applied to the telescopic bar along its longitudinal axis;
- connectors to link two ends of the telescopic bar to the first and second parts, respectively;
- and
- a controller configured to determine spatial components of a force applied to the connectors by the telescopic bar from the force applied to the telescopic bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.