Patent ID: 9261419
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G01G,G01L

Claim Text:
1. A modular apparatus having internal load sensing, comprising: one or more sensing modules having external surfaces with certain cross-section dimensions that are the same, and each sensor module comprises: one or more structures wherein each structure contains one or more cavities having internal surfaces with the certain cross-section dimensions to contain and hold the one or more sensing modules; and wherein: each structure of the one or more structures holds the one or more sensing modules in the cavity in a manner that permits effects of a force applied on the structure to be transferred to the strain gages or other instrumentation mounted to the one or more sensing modules; the force applied on a structure is detected by the one or more strain gages of the sensing module held by the structure; and the one or more strain gages have an electrical resistance that changes with a variation of a magnitude of the force applied to the structure.