Strain sensor fixing device and torque sensor using the same
AssigneeNidec Copal Electronics Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Takada, Takatoshi Inoguchi, Takayuki Endo
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Abstract
A fixing member includes a first side, second side parallel to the first side, and face provided between the first side and second side and including an opening. The face is provided at a position separate from a line connecting between the first side and second side, first side is brought into line contact or point contact with the first structure, and second side is brought into line contact with an end part of a strain body constituting a strain sensor, the end part being provided on the first structure. A screw is inserted into the opening and is screwed into the first structure.
Claims20
A strain sensor fixing device comprising:
- a fixing member which includes a first side, a second side parallel to the first side, and a face provided between the first side and the second side and including an opening, and in which the face is provided at a position separate from a line connecting between the first side and the second side, the first side is brought into contact with a first structure, and the second side is brought into line contact with an end part of a strain body constituting a strain sensor, the end part being provided on the first structure;
- and
- a screw to be inserted into the opening and to be screwed into the first structure.
A torque sensor characterized by comprising:
- a first structure;
- a second structure;
- a plurality of third structures connecting between the first structure and the second structure;
- strain bodies each of which is provided between the first structure and the second structure and constitutes a strain sensor;
- first fixing devices each of which is provided on the first structure and fixes a first end of the strain body to the first structure;
- and
- second fixing devices each of which is provided on the second structure and fixes a second end of the strain body to the second structure, wherein
- each of the first fixing device and the second fixing device includes a fixing member which includes a first side, a second side parallel to the first side, and a face provided between the first side and the second side and including an opening, and in which the face is provided at a position separate from a line connecting between the first side and the second side, the first side is brought into contact with the first structure, and the second side is brought into line contact with an end part of the strain body constituting the strain sensor, the end part being provided on the first structure, and
- a screw to be inserted into the opening and to be screwed into the first structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.