Slow speed weigh-in-motion system with flexure

摘要

In one embodiment, a weighing system includes a base, a platform structure movable with respect to the base, at least one flexure fixedly attached to the platform and the base, the at least one flexure configured to inhibit movement of the platform structure along a horizontal plane relative to the base, and a plurality of load cell assemblies, each of the plurality of load cell assemblies including an upper portion pivotably supported by the base through a first pivot assembly and a lower portion pivotably supporting the platform structure through a second pivot assembly, wherein an axis of rotation of the first pivot assembly is parallel to an axis of rotation of the second pivot assembly.