Patent ID: 7784363
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B25J,G01L

Abstract:
1. A tactile load cell comprising: a flexible strain element including a first end portion, a second end portion and a center portion, said strain element further including a first S-shaped member having at least three sections and being coupled to the first end portion and the center portion and a second S-shaped member having at least three sections and being coupled to the second end portion and the center portion; and a plurality of strain gauge pairs mounted to the first and second S-shaped members where each strain gauge pair is mounted to opposing sides of one of the sections of the S-shaped members, wherein at least one of the strain gauge pairs is mounted to opposing sides of one of the three sections of the first or second S-shaped member and another of the strain gauge pairs is mounted to two other opposing sides of the same section that the at least one strain gauge pair is mounted to.