ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,478, issued on July 22, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
"Force transmission element for a balance or load cell" was invented by Jan Gottfriedsen (Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany) and Jan-David Klingelhofer (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force transmission element for a balance or load cell is adapted to be arranged between a load receiving unit, receiving the load to be weighed, and a load application point of a load cell, in order to transmit the load force exerted by the load. The force transmission element is designed at least partly as a framework composed of hollow rods, in par...