Document Type

Article

Publication Date

April 2025

Patent Number

12289571

CPC

H04Q 9/00 , H04Q 2209/40 , H04Q 2209/84 , G01G 19/44 , G01G 19/52 , G01G 21/28 , G01G 23/3728 , G01G 23/3735 , G01G 3/14 , G01G 19/445 , G08B 21/0461 , G08B 21/22 , G01L 1/044 , G01L 1/2206 , A61B 2562/166 , A61B 2562/0252

Abstract

In one embodiment, a sensor unit includes an outer housing including a top plate and a base member that together define an interior space, the top plate being configured to directly receive and support the leg of the piece of furniture, a load cell provided within the interior space configured to measure forces imposed by the leg on the top plate, the load cell including a planar metal plate having a deformable element to which the top plate is mounted and a sensor element mounted to the planar metal plate at a location at which the deformable element extends from the remainder of the planar metal plate, and an internal platform provided within the interior space and associated with the base member that supports the planar metal plate of the load cell in a manner in which the deformable element of the planar metal plate is free to deform when a force is imposed by the leg on the top plate.

Application Number

18/180031

Assignees

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Filing Date

03/07/2023

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