Patent ID: 7094976

Claim:
A vehicle weight measuring apparatus comprising: a base plate received in a quadrangular opening which is dug in a road to have a predetermined depth, for rendering a horizontal support surface; a plurality of support elements placed on the base plate, each support element having a pair of legs which project downward from a lower surface of the support element and are separated from each other by a predetermined distance to be brought into contact with the base plate, each leg having a free end serving as a contact part which possesses a rounded contour; a structure body horizontally supported by the plurality of support elements in a manner such that an upper surface of the structure body and an upper surface of a road become coplanar, for transferring a load of a vehicle traveling on the road to the support elements; a sensor mounted to the lower surface of the support element, for measuring a strain of the support element on the basis of a load transferred to the support element; and a vehicle weight calculation unit connected to the sensor, for processing and converting strain information from the sensor into a vehicle weight.