Patents by Inventor Jens Eschment

Jens Eschment has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10996122
    Abstract: A load cell for installing in a weighing foot is described with a spring body, a measuring transducer for generating an output signal corresponding to a weight acting on the force introduction element, and an external interface connected to the measuring transducer. The spring body can have an outer support ring, a force introduction element, and an annular deformation section, the support ring and the force introduction element being connected with the annular deformation section. The external interface can output the output signal generated by the measuring transducer to an external device. The external interface for the external output of the output signal is provided at the force introduction element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Bizerba SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Fritsch, Annika Gutmacher, Jens Eschment, Frank Metzger
  • Patent number: 10935446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load cell with a spring body formed rotationally symmetrically about a center axis, and a plurality of strain gauges arranged on a lower side of the membrane for detecting a stretching and/or compressive deformation of the spring body, wherein the strain gauges are electrically connected to a Wheatstone bridge or as a part thereof, with at least one first strain gauge. The spring body has an outer support ring, an upwardly projecting inner force introduction element, and an annular deformation section that is formed as an annular membrane and with which the support ring and the force introduction element are fixedly connected to one another. The mean thickness of the annular membrane in the region of the first strain gauge or gauges is larger than the mean thickness in the region of a second strain gauge or gauges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bizerba SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Fritsch, Annika Gutmacher, Jens Eschment, Frank Metzger
  • Publication number: 20200200620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load cell comprises a spring body formed rotationally symmetrically about a center axis, having an outer support ring, an upwardly projecting inner force introduction element, and an annular deformation section that is formed as an annular membrane and via which the support ring and the force introduction element are fixedly connected to one another; and a plurality pf strain gauges arranged on a lower side of the membrane for detecting a stretching and/or compressive deformation of the spring body, wherein the strain gauges are electrically connected to a Wheatstone bridge or as a part thereof, with at least one first strain gauge. The mean thickness of the annular membrane in the region of the first strain gauge or gauges is larger than the mean thickness in the region of a second strain gauge or gauges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Fritsch, Annika Gutmacher, Jens Eschment, Frank Metzger
  • Publication number: 20200200619
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load cell comprising a spring body having an outer support ring, having an inner force introduction element, and having an annular deformation section via which the support ring and the force introduction element are fixedly connected to one another; a measuring transducer for generating an output signal corresponding to a weight acting on the force introduction element; and means electrically connected to the measuring transducer that are configured to output the output signal generated by the measuring transducer to external. The means for the external output of the output signal are provided at the force introduction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Fritsch, Annika Gutmacher, Jens Eschment, Frank Metzger