Strain gauge holder

{
  "publication_number": "US9638554B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Strain gauge holder",
  "abstract": "The strain gauge holder 1 includes a holder body 10 on a side surface of a pipe 3, a gauge pressing member 21 for pressing a strain gauge 2 against the side surface of the pipe, and a feed mechanism for giving a pressing force to the gauge pressing member. The guide grooves 12 guide the gauge pressing members. The feed mechanism feeds the gauge pressing member in the guide groove to press the strain gauge 2 against the side surface of the pipe 3. The feed mechanism includes cylindrical portion 32 a, bushing 32, and feed screw 31. Each of the feed screws 31 threadedly inserted into the bushing mounted on the holder body is threadedly inserted to feed the gauge pressing member.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A strain gauge holder comprising: a holder body configured to be mounted on a side surface of a cylindrical object-to-be-measured; one or more gauge pressing members for pressing strain gauges against the side surface of the object-to-be-measured; and one or more feed mechanisms for giving a pressing forces to the gauge pressing members, wherein the holder body includes two or more bracket members, each of the bracket members includes a mating surface for forming an opening in which the object-to-be-measured is to be positioned, all of the bracket members of which mating surfaces are mated with each other are coupled to each other through fastening members to form the opening, the object-to-be-measured is to be positioned in the opening, the holder body is to be mounted on the object-to-be-measured, at least one of the bracket members includes one or more guide grooves for guiding the gauge pressing member, and the feed mechanism includes a threaded hole provided in a back surface of the gauge pressing member which is restrained from freely rotating in the guide groove, a bushing having a flange and inserted into a through hole formed in the bracket member, and a feed screw threadedly inserted into the bushing, the feed screw threadedly inserted into the bushing is threadedly inserted into the threaded hole formed in the back surface of the gauge pressing member to feed the gauge pressing member in the guide groove, and the strain gauge is pressed against the side surface of the object-to-be-measured.",
    "2. The strain gauge holder according to claim 1, wherein the gauge pressing member includes a buffer material composed of an elastic body on a pressing surface of the strain gauge holder.",
    "3. The strain gauge holder according to claim 2, wherein the gauge pressing member includes a recess formed in the pressing surface of the strain gauge holder, and the buffer material is placed in the recess.",
    "4. The strain gauge holder according to claim 3, wherein the recess includes an extra space for the compressed buffer material expansion.",
    "5. The strain gauge holder according to claim 2, wherein the guide groove includes an extra space for the compressed buffer material expansion.",
    "6. The strain gauge holder according to claim 1, wherein the gauge pressing member includes a recess formed in a pressing surface of the strain gauge holder, and the strain gauge is to be placed in the recess."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a strain gauge holder.\n\nA gauge holder for mounting strain gauges on a pipe is disclosed in Patent Document 1 for example. The gauge holder includes a sensor mounting bracket which has already been mounted on a sensor, and a mounting bracket having a mounting belt fixed to the pipe so that the sensor mounting bracket straightly abuts against a surface of the pipe. The mounting bracket is configured such that when a shoulder bolt provided on the sensor mounting bracket is threadedly inserted into a mounting boss provided on the mounting belt, a shoulder of the shoulder bolt abuts against the mounting boss and stops at the boss, and thus a sensor is pressed against an object-to-be-measured under constant pressure. This gauge holder mounts the strain gauge on the pipe under constant pressure without using a torque wrench or the like.\n\nPatent Document 2 discloses a gauge holder including an attachment having two arms which can open and close through a hinge, and fastening means provided on opened and closed ends of the arms and fastening the arms in their closing direction. According to this gauge holder, when the two arms are fastened, sensors mounted on the arms are pressed against a pipe.\n\nPatent Document 3 discloses a gauge holder of a structure in which a U-shaped clamp is mounted on a side surface of a pipe through a fixing screw. This gauge holder includes a sensor at a location where a bottom of the clamp and the side surface of the pipe come into contact with each other.",
  "cpc": [
    "G01D 11/30",
    "G01L 1/2206"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "G01D 11/30",
    "G01L 1/22"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Nuclear Engineering Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Tsunemichi Takahama"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2013-05-08",
  "publication_date": "2017-05-02",
  "grant_date": "2017-05-02",
  "priority_date": "2012-05-08",
  "application_number": "US-201314398623-A",
  "family_id": "49550756",
  "cited_by_count": 2,
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