US Patent Issued to Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments, Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology, Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghaj) on Jan. 13 for "Digital load cell and weighing system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,517, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd. (Changzhou, China), Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd. (Changzhou, China) and Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghaj) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Digital load cell and weighing system" was invented by Ying Zhang (Changzhou, China), Hongzhi Lin (Changzhou, China), Jianwei Wu (Changzhou, China) and Miao Xu (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital load cell includes: a strain bridge including a Wheatstone bridge formed by connecting four resistive strain gauges and a temperature sensing resistance element...