ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,801, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Scalable Systems Group Inc. (Roanoke, Va.).
"Indirect weight measurement systems and processes" was invented by Thomas Lee Spencer (Atlanta), William Adams Clark Jr. (Columbus, Ga.), Mark Stephen Lucas (Roanoke, Va.) and Jay Robert Brenner (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, this disclosure describes a novel indirect weight sensing device, systems, and related processes. In at least one embodiment, the present systems include one or more springs with known properties, at least one metal plate on which the springs are fastened and through which the container load is ...