ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,438, issued on May 6, was assigned to Terex USA LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Flexible plate scale for platform load weighing" was invented by Brian M Clark (Seattle) and Rainer Leuschke (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An AWP boom is coupled to a platform rotator through a novel load sensing linkage system which provides both structural support and load sensing capabilities of an attached platform support structure. The load sensing linkage system includes an upper flex plate and a lower flex plate and a single load cell for load sensing capabilities. The flex plates provide for stiffness in all directions except where necessary for...