Force sensing device for outputting a signal

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PATENT NO 12181363
APP PUB NO 20230086820A1
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17948351

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A force sensing device generates an output signal containing information usable for determining a magnitude and a direction of a force acting on a coupling. The coupling has a hook and a linking element linking the hook to a connection flange. The linking element is linked to the hook and the connection flange by at least two pins. Each pin comprises a torque sensor. The linking element is arranged at an angle with respect to the hook such that independent of the angle of the slope between an imaginary horizontal plane and the longitudinal axis of the connection flange, the linking element does not reach a position, in which the two pins are arranged one above the other in a vertical direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the connection flange.

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METHODE ELECTRONICS MALTA LTDMRIEHEL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MRIEHEL BKR 3000

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Galea, Alexander Dingli, MT 17 19
Gießibl, Johannes Amerang, DE 30 112

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