Load sensing system with flexure plate
US9024212B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G3/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A load sensing system having at least one load sensing assembly, each assembly including a flexure plate with an upper region extending along a longitudinal length of the flexure plate, a lower region disposed below the upper region, and at least one flex region disposed between the upper region and the lower region. The lower region defines a mounting feature for an end of a weigh idler and is capable of substantially only lateral movement relative to the upper region. Each assembly further includes a load cell and a bracket having a first end rigidly connected to a force transmission surface of the load cell and having a second end rigidly connected at a plurality of areas to the upper region of the flexure plate to rigidly capture the upper region while suspending the remainder of the flexure plate.
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