Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for weight detection
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Application No.: US17038469Application Date: 2020-09-30
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Publication No.: US11422210B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Kumaran Narasimhan , Frederick W. Hintz , William McGraw , Thomas John Olson , J. L. Hunter
- Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Priority: IN201911040960 20191010
- Main IPC: G01R33/00
- IPC: G01R33/00 ; G01R33/02 ; G01R33/09 ; G01D5/14

Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and associated methods of manufacturing are described that provide for improved sensor devices. An example sensor device includes a magnet mounting tube and a magnet supported within the magnet mounting tube. The sensor device includes a sensor mounting tube that receives at least a portion of the magnet mounting tube and supported magnet therein. The sensor device includes a magnetic sensor affixed to the sensor mounting tube. The sensor device includes a spring positioned around the magnet mounting tube and the sensor mounting tube such that the magnet and the magnetic sensor are surrounded by the spring. In an instance in which a load is applied to either a first end or second end of the spring, the magnet mounting tube translates relative the sensor mounting tube so as to induce a change in magnetic flux identified by the magnetic sensor indicative of a weight of the load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210109170A1 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR WEIGHT DETECTION Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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