Abstract: A measurement device (10; 110; 210) and associated seating arrangement, in particular for measuring a weight acting on a vehicle seat, that includes: a force transmission element (12; 112; 212), which is connectable to a first unit, preferably a vehicle seat, and a measurement assembly (14; 50; 114; 214), which is rigidly connectable to a second unit (80), preferably a vehicle body part. The force transmission element (12; 112; 212) is pivotable about at least one axis around the measurement assembly (14; 50; 114; 214).

Abstract: A measurement device (10; 110; 210) and associated seating arrangement, in particular for measuring a weight acting on a vehicle seat, that includes: a force transmission element (12; 112; 212), which is connectable to a first unit, preferably a vehicle seat, and a measurement assembly (14; 50; 114; 214), which is rigidly connectable to a second unit (80), preferably a vehicle body part. The force transmission element (12; 112; 212) is pivotable about at least one axis around the measurement assembly (14; 50; 114; 214).

Abstract: In a weight sensor operating according to the principle of electromagnetic force compensation, the essential parts are fabricated from a single block of material. The weight sensor has a load receiver (10), which is connected through an upper guide (12) and a lower (11) guide to the housing-integral base body (1) of the material block. The weight sensor also has several force-reduction translating levers (21,22; 24, 25,25′; 27,27′,28) and coupling elements (18,18′, 23, 26,26′) between the translating levers (21, 22; 24 ,25,25′; 27,27′,28). The housing-integral base body (1) projects in the direction of the load receiver (10), extends into the space between the two guides (11, 12) and forms a support point for the first translating lever (21, 22). The weight sensor is equipped with a coil (34), which is fastened at the longer lever arm (28) of the last translating lever (27,27′,28,29,29′) and is situated in the magnetic field of a permanent magnet.

Abstract: In a spring body which is manufactured from a cubical piece, intended for a balance with an upper scale, divided into an upper and a lower guide bar by a horizontal opening extending all the way through it so that the spring body also forms the parallel guide for the balance scale, and which has wire strain gauges at thin spots in the areas of at least one guide bar the width of the spring body is divided at least in the area of the guide bars into two partial areas by a vertical opening which extends all the way through it and does not contact the edge. The vertical opening can have various shapes. The wide spring body has the advantages of in sensitivity to errors caused by off center loading and allowing the scale to be connected to the parallel-guided part of the spring body at two or three points, which reduces the stability requirements of the scale. The strain gauge are advantageously distributed so that one half of them is on each of the two areas of spring body.