Bending beam load cell with enclosure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9255832
APP PUB NO 20120061151A1
SERIAL NO

13141561

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A load cell includes a longitudinal body including force input and output elements and a bending beam, strain gages, and a hermetically sealed enclosure. A force applied onto the input element perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis causes bending strain of the beam, which is measured by the strain gages. The enclosure includes a stiff pipe sleeve and two ring elements, which each include a membrane that is more flexible than the pipe sleeve, and which support the pipe sleeve relative to and spaced radially away from the longitudinal body. The membranes preferably decouple the pipe sleeve from the longitudinal body so that essentially none of the applied force is shunted into the pipe sleeve. Preferably a cylindrical outer surface of the pipe sleeve can avoid accumulation of contaminants.

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HOTTINGER BRÜEL & KJAER GMBHIM TIEFEN SEE 45 64293 DARMSTADT

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Scherer, Ralf Mainz, DE 9 47
Schmittner, Arno Rossdorf, DE 9 16

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