MUMBAI, India, July 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617065672 A) filed by Hendrickson Usa, L. L. C. on May 20, 2026, for Load Scaling Transducers.

Inventors include Hathaway, Tyler; Dudding, Ashley, T.; Dilworth, Damon, E.; Lautzenhiser, Matthew; Aumann, Richard, J.; Arevalo, Francisco; and Zawacki, Jeffery, R..

The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.

Abstract: A load scaling transducer for use In combination with a vehicle component includes a fixture having first and second enlarged ends configured to be secured to the vehicle component. A bridge section extends from the first enlarged end to the second enlarged end, with the thickness of the bridge section being less than the thickness of the first and second enlarged ends. A first sensor is secured to an inboard surface of the bridge section of the fixture and a second sensor is secured to an outboard surface of the bridge section of the fixture. Identical load scaling transducers may be secured in alignment with each other to inboard and outboard surfaces of the vehicle component to measure vertical load carried by the component while canceling out influence from other loading modes that are not meant to be measured.

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