Force plate with spring elements

US8829367B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SARTORIUS LAB INSTRUMENTS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Otto Kuhlmann · Oettingen, DE
• Tanja Mueck · Langelsheim, DE
• Volker Relling · Bad Segeberg, DE
• Gerald Petzold · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 10, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 9, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01L1/044
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Force plate (1) having a plate-shaped carrier (2) which, when arranged vertically, has an upper carrier section (3) at the top in the vertical direction and a lower carrier section (4) at the bottom in the vertical direction. A first end carrier section (5) is connected, on the one hand, to the upper carrier section (3) via a vertical rod (7) and, on the other hand, to the lower carrier section (4) via a horizontally oriented spring element (6). That end of the lower carrier section (4) which faces away from the first end carrier section (5) is connected to the upper carrier section (3) via a horizontal rod (8). A second end carrier section (15) connects the horizontal rod (8) to the lower carrier section (4) via a vertically arranged spring element (16).