Patent ID: 7552653
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: B60G,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A load-sensing system with at least one ball and socket joint, the ball and socket joint comprising: a joint ball pivot with a joint ball and a shaft area, said joint ball pivot having a cross hole arranged in said shaft area, said cross hole defining a passage extending from one side of said shaft area to another side of said shaft area; a joint housing, in which the joint ball of the ball pivot can be accommodated in a slidingly movable manner; a load-sensing means arranged in the shaft area of said joint pivot generating load signals based on a load sensed; and an evaluating means for receiving the load signals of said load-sensing means and providing an output in the form of a load vector or as a combination of load vector and torque vector in a cartesian coordinate system.