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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Niftylift Limited, Milton Keynes, GB;
Inventor:
Frank Roger Bowden, Totternhoe, GB;
Assignee:
NIFTYLIFT LIMITED, Milton Keynes, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 17/00 (2006.01); B66F 11/04 (2006.01); G01G 3/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F 17/006 (2013.01); B66F 11/046 (2013.01); G01G 3/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A load monitoring system for a mobile work platform including a load cell having at least one strain gauge and a sensing circuit connected to receive a strain signal from the strain gauge. The sensing circuit includes a first sensing device for sensing the strain in the strain gauge, and a second sensing device for sensing a negative shift in the strain signal.