Patent ID: 8853567

Claim:
A weighing device comprising: (a) a weighing sensor unit; (b) a second unit that is connected to the weighing sensor unit through three or more mounting regions; (c) wherein the second unit or the weighing sensor unit includes a connecting region in at least two of the three or more mounting regions, wherein said connecting region is connected to the second unit or the weighing sensor unit with a hinge structure, the hinge structure being constructed such that it allows an essentially translatory shifting motion of the connecting region in a direction that is defined by a reference point (R) and a center (Z) of the connecting region and such that the motion travel allowed with the aid of the hinge structure is at least as large as the maximum difference between temperature-related expansions of the second unit and the weighing sensor unit along the line between the reference point (R) and the center (Z) of the connecting region in a predefined temperature range; (d) wherein the hinge structure comprises at least one coupling element that is connected to the connecting region by means of a first hinge that is preferably realized in the form of a weak zone on one end and to the second unit or the weighing sensor unit by means of a second hinge that is preferably realized in the form of a weak zone on the other end, wherein the pivoting axes of the hinges extend parallel to one another and perpendicular to the direction of the straight connecting line through the center (Z) of the respective connecting region and the reference point (R).