Patent ID: 9605993
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G01G,G01L

Claim:
1. A load cell, comprising: a deformable body with an upper contact surface and a lower contact surface, each contact surface containing a support point, the respective support points defining a line of action for a force introduced by a load-introducing element associated with the respective contact surface, the deformable body also having at least one column-shaped portion between the respective contact surfaces, the column-shaped portion having a central longitudinal axis and a circumferential surface whose generating line runs parallel to the central longitudinal axis; a first determining means installed on the column-shaped portion for converting a mechanical deformation of the deformable body ( a second determining means installed on the column-shaped portion for converting a deviation of the central longitudinal axis from the line of action into a representative signal, each of the respective determining means comprising at least one strain gauge, the at least one strain gauge of the second determining means installed essentially midway between the respective contact surfaces and aligned at a predetermined acute angle relative to the generating line of the circumference surface so that the signal of the second determining means is zero in the absence of a deviation of the central longitudinal axis from the line of action.