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US 2019/0168052 A1Published application
Exercise machine with a force transducer
AssigneeArx Fit, Inc.
InventorsMark ALEXANDER, Jay BEAUDRY
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for measuring force applied to a machine, where an exercise machine comprises a frame; a motor assembly; a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate is attached to the motor assembly; a force transducer. The force transducer is attached to the mounting plate and the frame and is the only point of contact between the frame and the motor assembly. The force transducer is configured to measure force applied to the motor assembly.
Claims19
An exercise machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a motor assembly;
- a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate is attached to the motor assembly;
- and
- a force transducer, wherein the force transducer is attached to the mounting plate and the frame, wherein the force transducer is the only point of contact between the frame and the motor assembly, and wherein the force transducer is configured to measure torque applied to the motor assembly.
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An exercise method comprising:
- applying force to a motor assembly, wherein a force transducer is the only point of contact between a frame of an exercise machine and the motor assembly;
- and
- measuring the force applied to the motor assembly with the force transducer.
A system comprising:
- a motor;
- a gearbox, wherein the gearbox is coupled to the motor;
- a rotating flange coupled to the gearbox;
- a mounting plate coupled to the gearbox, the motor, or both the gearbox and the motor;
- and
- a force transducer coupled to the mounting plate and a frame of a machine, wherein the only point of contact between the frame and the motor, the gearbox, or both the gearbox and the motor, is the force transducer, and wherein the force transducer is configured to measure torque applied to the motor, the gearbox, or both the gearbox and the motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.