Agricultural feed mixer transmission torque sensor assembly

A transmission torque sensing assembly for a feed mixer comprising:

• a frame of a feed mixer, the frame having a first frame portion and a second frame portion;
• a transmission having at least two speeds, a transmission housing, an input shaft, and an output shaft;
• a mounting plate having, a mounting plate top surface, a first side portion and a second side portion situated opposite the first side portion, the first side portion rigidly secured to the first frame portion, the second side portion rigidly secured to the second frame portion, and the transmission secured by a plurality of fasteners to a mounting plate top surface of the mounting plate;
• a load cell situated between the transmission housing and the mounting plate top surface, and configured to measure at least one of a tensile and compressive load exerted on the mounting plate by the transmission when the transmission is under load;
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• an output value generated by the load cell representative of the at least one of a tensile and compressive load.

A transmission torque sensing assembly for a feed mixer comprising:

• a frame of a feed mixer, the frame having a first frame portion and a second frame portion;
• one or more load cells secured to the frame;
• a transmission mounting plate having a top, a bottom, a first side portion, and a second side portion situated opposite the first side portion, wherein the first side portion is rigidly secured to the first frame portion;
• a transmission having at least two speeds, a housing, an input shaft, and an output shaft;
• the transmission secured to a top surface of the transmission mounting plate by a plurality of fasteners;
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• a load contact point situated along a bottom of the second side portion and in contact with the one or more load cells, wherein a resultant torque generated by the input shaft and output shaft is impartable to the housing to provide a downward force on the one or more load cells, via the load contact point, such that an output value is generated by the one or more load cells representative of the resultant torque.