Measuring Element, Measuring System, And Method Of Providing A Measuring Element For Measurement Forces

A measuring element for registering forces, comprising:

• a first measuring arm extending in a longitudinal direction of the measuring element;
• a second measuring arm extending in the longitudinal direction, the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm can be deflected relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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• a deformation section connecting the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm to one another in an elastically deformable manner, in a first measurement range when a force that is to be measured through relative deflection of the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm and which is the same or smaller than a first threshold exerts an effect, the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm remain spaced apart from one another, and in a second measurement range when the force that is to be measured through relative deflection of the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm and which is greater than the first threshold exerts an effect, a front region of the first measuring arm is in contact with a front region of the second measuring arm.

A measuring element for registering forces, comprising:

• a first measuring arm extending in a longitudinal direction of the measuring element and having a front region and a rear region;
• a second measuring arm extending in the longitudinal direction and having a front region and a rear region, the rear regions of the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm can be deflected relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the front regions of the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm are firmly connected to one another;
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• a detecting device adapted to register a size of an intermediate space formed by the rear regions of the first measuring arm and the second measuring arm.

A method of providing a measuring element, comprising:

• selecting a material for a deformation section;
• fixing a measurement range for forces to be measured through a relative deflection of a first measuring arm and a second measuring arm;
• selecting a material and a mode of operation for a transformer unit which respond to deformation;
• ascertaining a simulated geometric design of the deformation section by taking material characteristics of the selected material and of the measurement range as a basis by carrying out a simulation calculation;
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• producing the deformation section from the selected material by modelling the simulated geometric design.