Patent ID: 7070332

Claim:
A combination of a bearing housing and a load measuring plate comprising: a load measuring plate internally equipped with load measuring devices; a bearing housing comprising a foot member possessing a substantially rectangular outer contour that includes outer wall portions, transverse intermediate wall portions and a planar contact surface adapted to contact and rest upon the load measuring plate; the load measuring plate possessing an outer contour substantially the same as an outer contour of the foot member; the load measuring plate possessing an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface configured to include raised upper end portions projecting above at least a portion of the upper surface located between the raised upper end portions, and with the lower surface configured to include lower end portions positioned above at least a portion of the lower surface located between the raised lower end portions; the raised upper end portions extending from an outer edge of the load measuring plate by a distance less than the distance over which the lower end portions extend from the outer edge of the load measuring plate, thereby creating oblique measurement planes in the load measuring plate.