Patent ID: 7444889

Claim:
A load cell, comprising: a force transducer for recording tensile and compressive forces to be determined; wherein the force transducer comprises a flectionally elastic element and a force introduction part acting on the flectionally elastic element; a sensor arrangement for detecting a deformation of the flectionally elastic element and the transformation thereof into an electric weighing signal; and a housing receiving the force transducer and the sensor arrangement with a flectionally rigid wall part, on which the flectionally elastic element of the force transducer is held; wherein the sensor arrangement is arranged on a separate carrier, which is held on at least one of the flectionally rigid wall part and a flectionally rigid base part region of the housing; wherein the sensor arrangement comprises a transmitter element and a sensor element, a first of these two elements being held stationary on the carrier and the second of these elements being held movably on the carrier with respect to the first element; and wherein the second element is held on a spring part of the carrier.