Combination of bearing housing and load measuring plate
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsSture Östling, Leif Richardsson, Peter Johansson
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Abstract
The combination of a bearing housing and a load measuring plate includes a bearing housing having a foot member possessing a substantially rectangular outer contour, with outer wall portions and transverse intermediate wall portions forming a planar overall contact surface to be in contact with and resting upon a load measuring plate. The load measuring plate is internally equipped with load measuring devices. The outer contour of the load measuring plate is closely adapted to the outer contour of the foot member of the bearing housing.
Claims17
A combination of a bearing housing and a load measuring plate comprising:
- a load measuring plate internally equipped with load measuring devices;
- a bearing housing comprising a foot member possessing a substantially rectangular outer contour that includes outer wall portions, transverse intermediate wall portions and a planar contact surface adapted to contact and rest upon the load measuring plate;
- the load measuring plate possessing an outer contour substantially the same as an outer contour of the foot member;
- the load measuring plate possessing an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface configured to include raised upper end portions projecting above at least a portion of the upper surface located between the raised upper end portions, and with the lower surface configured to include lower end portions positioned above at least a portion of the lower surface located between the raised lower end portions;
- the raised upper end portions extending from an outer edge of the load measuring plate by a distance less than the distance over which the lower end portions extend from the outer edge of the load measuring plate, thereby creating oblique measurement planes in the load measuring plate.
A bearing housing and load measuring plate combination comprising:
- a load measuring plate provided with at least one load measuring device;
- a bearing housing adapted to rest on a base and comprising a foot member possessing outer wall portions, transverse intermediate wall portions and a planar contact surface adapted to contact and rest upon the load measuring plate;
- the load measuring plate possessing an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface possessing upper end portions positioned in a plane that is offset from a central portion of the upper surface of the load measuring plate, and with the lower surface possessing lower end portions positioned in a plane that is offset relative to a central portion of the lower surface of the load measuring plate;
- the load measuring plate possessing an outer contour and the foot member possessing an outer contour, the outer contour of the load measuring plate being substantially the same as the outer contour of the foot member;
- the foot member of the bearing housing resting on the upper end portions of the load measuring plate, and a lower central portion of the lower surface being adapted to rest on the base with the lower end portions of the lower surface spaced from the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.