ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,646, issued on July 8, was assigned to BECS TECHNOLOGY INC. (St. Louis).
"Calibrated load cell" was invented by Chris Edmiston (St. Louis), Todd Steinbrueck (St. Louis), Timothy Lee Bell (St. Louis) and Addison Elliott (St. Louis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibrated load cell includes a monolithic load beam having a first region, a second region on a distal end of the load beam from the first region for receiving a force from a load, and a third region arranged between the first and second regions, wherein the third region comprises a recess on one side of the load beam. A strain gauge is arranged in the recess for detecting a ...