Patent ID: 8960024
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01B,G01L

Abstract:
1. A displacement sensor, comprising: a sensing body having a diaphragm disposed along a lower surface of the sensing body and a monolithic L-shaped input bar having a proximal end extending orthogonally into and fastened securely in position to a center of an upper surface of the diaphragm and a distal end extending substantially orthogonal to the proximal end; a strain gauge attached to the diaphragm and arranged parallel to the distal end; and a signal processing unit generating an electrical signal based on an output value of the strain gauge corresponding to strain of the diaphragm such that a force on the distal end results in a first moment of the monolithic L-shaped input bar that produces a second moment of the diaphragm having a direction equivalent as the first moment of the monolithic L-shaped input bar.