Strain gauge mounting

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED PRESSURE TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A CAPSULE HAVING A DIAPHRAGM CLOSING A FRONT END THEREOF, A FORCE LINK ENGAGING SAID DIAPHRAGM, MEANS MOUNTING SAID LINK FOR MOVEMENT AXIALLY OF SAID CAPSULE, A BEAM EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CAPSULE WITHIN SAME IN CONTACT WITH SAID FORCE LINK UPON THE CAPSULE AXIS AND ADAPTED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE STRAIN-SENSITIVE ELEMENT MOUNTED THEREON, A REAR WALL UPON SAID CAPSULE, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID BEAM UPON SAID REAR WALL AT THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF TO DEFINE AN EFFECTIVE BEAM LENGTH L BETWEEN MOUNTING AND FORCE LINK CONTACT, SAID REAR WALL HAVING PREDETERMINED PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO DEFLECT AN ANGLE A UPON LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION OF THE CAPSULE, SUCH THAT LA EQUALS A DEFLECTION OF SAID DIAPHRAGM AT THE CAPSULE AXIS FROM THE SAME CAPSULE ACCELERATION, WHEREBY SAID BEAM IS SUBSTANTIALLY ISOLATED FROM STRESSES FROM ACCELERATION OF THE CAPSULE.