Patent ID: 6260421
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G01L

Abstract:
Method for mounting a torque sensor in engines and driving transmissions, which is mounted substantially concentrically in connection to a rotatable shaft, where said torque sensor is constituted by at least one stationary coil and at least one zone which is provided with parallel lines of a conductive material, and where said coil is placed in connection to said zone and is provided with connections for measuring signals, where the rotatable shaft is constituted by a crankshaft which is provided with a recess, whereby said zone is placed on an outer envelope surface of a measuring shaft, attached in the recess and enclosed by a stationary coil, said measuring shaft and said recess each are provided with an aperture, which jointly accept a bolt or a screw through said aperture, in order to attach the recess and the measuring shaft with respect to reducing play and movement between said crankshaft and said measuring shaft.