Patent ID: 6170341
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B60G,B66F

Abstract:
A system for sensing the axial weight load carried by a support, the support including a substantially vertical member received in a socket, the vertical member having a longitudinal axis, the vertical member including an enlarged portion adjacent a lower end thereof, the enlarged portion terminating at an upper shoulder, the socket including a reduced diameter portion extending upwardly from a lower shoulder, an annular transducer, the transducer having a diameter greater than the reduced diameter portion of the socket, the transducer being positioned along the longitudinal axis between the lower shoulder of the socket and the upper shoulder of the vertical member, the transducer being subject to the axial weight load transferred between the reduced diameter portion of the socket and the upper shoulder of the vertical member and the transducer generating a signal in response to said axial weight load.