ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,208, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DYWIDAG-Systems International GmbH (Unterschleissheim, Germany).
"Load cell for measuring tension and thrust forces" was invented by Christopher Froggatt (Congleton, Great Britain), David Ranald Warburton (Beaumaris, Great Britain), James Stewart (Stockport, Great Britain), Christian Glaser (Munich), Simon Jackson (North Wales, Great Britain) and Matthias Wild (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load cell includes an annular base unit where an axial height of the annular base unit is smaller than a diameter of the annular base unit. The annular base unit has a plurality of mounting portions....