US 12,000,745 B2
Torque sensor device
Arthur Vignolles, Les Clayes-sous-Bois (FR); and Jean-Pierre LeClair, Les Clayes-sous-Bois (FR)
Assigned to MEAS France, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by MEAS France, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,500.
Claims priority of application No. 20315179 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325267 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G01L 3/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01L 3/108 (2013.01) [B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 17/0241 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A torque sensor device, comprising:
a circular body having an annular inner flange, an annular outer flange, and a circular intermediate portion between the annular inner flange and the annular outer flange in a radial direction of the circular body, the circular intermediate portion has an inner sub-portion, an outer sub-portion, and a circumferential groove separating the inner sub-portion and the outer sub-portion, the annular inner flange is closer to a center of the circular body than the annular outer flange, the circular intermediate portion is a continuously solid portion, the annular inner flange and the annular outer flange lie in a same plane that is parallel to a main surface of the torque sensor device; and
a plurality of measurement transducers formed in and/or on the inner sub-portion of the circular intermediate portion in a pairwise manner.