Patent ID: 7698960

Claim:
An assembly for measuring force comprising: a friction coupling including: an outer plate carrier at which outer plates are held so as to be rotationally secured and in a way so as to be axially displaceable, wherein at least one of the outer plates comprises an outer cam, said at least one outer plate defining a plane; and an inner plate carrier at which inner plates are held in a rotationally fast way and in a way so as to be axially displaceable; wherein the outer plates and the inner plates are arranged so as to alternate in the axial direction, while jointly forming a plate package; and a force measuring device which is positioned in said plane of said at least one outer plate in such a way that, upon actuation of the friction coupling, the force measuring device is loaded by the cam of said at least one outer plate in an operating direction extending at a distance from, and transversely to, a longitudinal axis (A).