Washer for measuring force and distributing force when connecting a connection means to a part to be connected
AssigneeAltosens GmbH
InventorUWE STEINKAMP
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Abstract
A washer for measuring a force and for distributing the force when connecting a connection device to a part to be connected. The washer includes a housing and a force sensor element. The housing has an upper part, a lower part, a cavity arranged inside the housing, and at least one recess which is arranged adjacent to the cavity inside the housing. The force sensor element is arranged in the cavity. The force sensor element has at least one electrode and one dielectric. When the connection device is connected to the part to be connected and an eccentric force is introduced, the washer is reproducibly deformed so that the eccentric force introduced can be reproducibly measured via the force sensor element.
Claims12
1-10. (canceled)
A washer for measuring a force and for distributing the force when connecting a connection device to a part to be connected, the washer comprising:
- a housing comprising an upper part, a lower part, a cavity arranged inside the housing, and at least one recess which is arranged adjacent to the cavity inside the housing;
- and
- a force sensor element which is arranged in the cavity, the force sensor element comprising at least one electrode and one dielectric,
- wherein,
- when the connection device is connected to the part to be connected and an eccentric force is introduced, the washer is configured to be reproducibly deformed so that the eccentric force introduced can be reproducibly measured via the force sensor element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.