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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael W Ford, West Midlands, GB;
Assignee:
GEC Avery Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1772 / ; 177229 ; 7386259 ;
Abstract
A load cell, one end of the cell being mounted on a base and the other end of the cell being arranged for connection to a force applicator so that in operation applied loads are transmitted vertically to said other end to distort the cell, and wherein the cell houses a vibrating beam force sensor lying in a plane parallel to the base, the cell being so arranged that the vertical force produced by an applied load to the force applicator is translated into a horizontal force applied to the vibrating beam force sensor.