Patent ID: 9024212
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. A load sensing system comprising at least one load sensing assembly, each assembly including: a flexure plate having 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 defining a mounting feature for an end of a weigh idler, the lower region capable of substantially only lateral movement relative to the upper region; a load cell having a support surface and a force transmission surface; and a bracket having a first end rigidly connected to the 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 to enable substantially only lateral movement of the lower region of the flexure plate during deflection of the flex region.