US 11,999,603 B2
Forklift scale sensor attachment and mounting
Andrew Sukalski, Fairmont, MN (US); Thomas Howard Johnson, Winnebago, MN (US); Kevin Detert, Fairmont, MN (US); Cory Hainy, Fairmont, MN (US); and Eric Holland, Lake Crystal, MN (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,915.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,535, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267130 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B66F 17/00 (2006.01); B66F 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC B66F 17/003 (2013.01) [B66F 9/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lift truck carriage comprising one or more rails, each rail comprising:
a fixture mount to support one or more load handling fixtures upon a top ridge of the rails such that the load handling fixtures exert a vertical downward force on the rails; and
a base portion to house a one or more load sensors configured to measure forces on the one or more rails from the one or more load handling fixtures, wherein the fixture mount has a void at an interface between the base portion and the fixture mount, the void being aligned with the one or more load sensors.