Reinforcements for inducing anisotropic bending in compliant angular displacement sensors

An apparatus includes a strand of compliant material with a center axis. The apparatus further includes a multi-region angular displacement sensor connected to the strand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor includes a first angular displacement unit in a first sense region of the stand. Th...

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Main Authors Ball, Matt W, Reese, Shawn P, Ottley, Colton Allen, Jonas, Jared K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.11.2020
Subjects
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:An apparatus includes a strand of compliant material with a center axis. The apparatus further includes a multi-region angular displacement sensor connected to the strand. The multi-region angular displacement sensor includes a first angular displacement unit in a first sense region of the stand. The first angular displacement unit is used to determine a first angular displacement in response to deformation of the first angular displacement unit. The multi-region angular displacement sensor also includes a second angular displacement unit disposed in a second sense region of the strand. The second angular displacement unit is used to determine a second angular displacement in response to deformation of the second angular displacement unit. The multi-region angular displacement sensor also includes a reinforcement structure that restricts movement of the first and second angular displacement unit with respect to the center axis.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201815943295