Etienne Burdet,Michael Alec Vere Mace,Jean-Luc Liardon,Paul Bentley,Paul Rinne
申请号：
GB201500840
公开号：
GB2537580A
申请日:
2015.01.19
申请国别(地区):
GB
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A force measurement mechanism comprises two force input members 105, 106, a pair of cantilever springs 101, 102, and a force measuring means 107, such as a load cell. One portion of each cantilever spring is held by a first constraint means 103 and one portion of each cantilever spring is held by a second constraint means 104. Each cantilever spring has an unconstrained length between the first and second constraint means that is free to bend. The constraint means effectively join the ends and thus hold the cantilever springs 101, 102 in a parallel and spaced apart arrangement. The force input members 105, 106 are attached via the constraint means so that relative movement of the force input members bends the cantilever springs and the force measuring means 107 is arranged to measure force applied between the force input members. In practice a load cell may be connected to one of the force input members. Two sets of spring pairs may be joined via a constraining means 204 (as seen in figure 2).
