US 11,703,554 B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for weight detection
Kumaran Narasimhan, Bangalore (IN); Frederick W. Hintz, Freeport, IL (US); William Mcgraw, Flower Mound, TX (US); Thomas John Olson, Freeport, IL (US); and J.L. Hunter, Lanark, IL (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,366.
Application 17/812,366 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,469, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,422,210.
Claims priority of application No. 201911040960 (IN), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365149 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/093 (2013.01) [G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor device comprising:
a magnet mounting tube;
a magnet supported within the magnet mounting tube;
a sensor mounting tube;
a magnetic sensor affixed to the sensor mounting tube; and
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,
wherein, in an instance in which a load is applied to the spring, the magnet or the magnet mounting tube is configured to translate 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.