EDWARD T VITONE
Engineering in South Ashburnham, MA
License number
Massachusetts 28389
Issued Date
Jul 23, 1976
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2018
Type
Mechanical Engineer
Address
Address
South Ashburnham, MA 01430
Professional information
Apparatus For Measuring Torque
US Patent:
4754652, Jul 5, 1988
Filed:
Nov 4, 1986
Appl. No.:
6/926940
Inventors:
Clifton A. Coulter - Westminster MA
Edward T. Vitone - Ashburnham MA
Edward T. Vitone - Ashburnham MA
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
G01L 304
US Classification:
7386219
Abstract:
Apparatus for measuring the torque transmitted across coupled rotating shafts using load cells located between power imparting surfaces and power receiving surfaces of shafts rotating jointly about a common axis of rotation for directly determining the tangential driving force and, hence, the torque therebetween. The apparatus includes tubular spacers journaled together and supporting the shafts, load cells and power surfaces. In one form concentric overlapping spacers are provided with one spacer having a plurality of radially extending fingers projecting into corresponding slots in the other spacer. Load cells at the interface between the fingers and sides of the slots provide signals representative of torque.