# US 2014/0196960 A1 · Lifting platform and carrying element for lifting platform with weight measurement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196960 A1 - Document ID: US20140196960A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/154,532 - Filed: 2014-01-14 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-14 - Assignees: Krones AG - Applicants: Krones AG - Inventors: Roland Rothkegel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196960A1 ## CPC - B66F 17/00: Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force - B66F 7/28: Constructional details, e.g. end stops, pivoting supporting members, sliding runners adjustable to load dimensions - G01G 3/1404: {combined with means to connect the strain gauges on electrical bridges} - G01G 3/141: {the supports being disc or ring shaped} - G01G 19/02: for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) ## Abstract An apparatus for lifting motor vehicles, with a carrying element for carrying the motor vehicle to be lifted, wherein this carrying element has at least one sensor device for detecting a weight force of the vehicle to be lifted, wherein the carrying element has at least two carrying arms which are arranged in a central region of the carrying element and which starting from the central region extend in at least two different directions. At least one sensor element for detecting a partial weight force is provided in each case on these carrying arms, wherein a force determining device for determining the weight force takes into consideration the partial weight forces determined by the at least three sensor elements. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-10. (canceled) ### Claim 2 A carrying element for an apparatus for lifting motor vehicles, wherein this carrying element has at least one sensor device for detecting a value which is characteristic of the weight force of the vehicle to be lifted, wherein the carrying element has at least two carrying arms which are arranged in a central region of the carrying element and which starting from the central region extend in at least two different directions, and wherein the carrying element additionally has a connecting body by which it is capable of being connected to a carrier of the apparatus for lifting motor vehicles, wherein least one sensor element is provided in each case on these carrying arms in order to detect a partial weight force, wherein a force determination device for determining the weight force takes into consideration the partial weight forces determined by the at least two sensor elements and wherein the at least two sensor elements are arranged at a distance from each other. ### Claim 11 An apparatus for lifting motor vehicles, with a carrying element for carrying the motor vehicle to be lifted, wherein this carrying element has at least one sensor device for detecting a weight force of the vehicle to be lifted, wherein the carrying element has at least two carrying arms which are arranged in a central region of the carrying element and which starting from the central region extend in at least two different directions, wherein at least one sensor element for detecting a partial weight force is arranged in each case on these carrying arms, wherein a force determining device for determining the weight force takes into consideration the partial weight forces determined by the at least three sensor elements. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the carrying element has at least three carrying arms which starting from the central region extend in different geometrical directions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the carrying element has at least four carrying arms which starting from the central region extend in different geometrical directions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the sensor elements are arranged at a distance from one another. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the sensor elements are arranged at a distance from one another. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the sensor elements are arranged at a distance from one another. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the sensor elements are arranged at a distance from one another. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein a support element, which has a support face for the vehicle to be lifted, is arranged on the carrying elements. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one sensor element is arranged on a surface of a carrying arm facing the vehicle to be lifted. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one sensor element has a strain gauge. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a metallic body is incorporated in the support element. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the support element is capable of being fastened to the carrying element by connecting devices. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the support element is capable of being fastened to the carrying element in a direct manner. ### Claim 24 (depends on 11) The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus has at least two carrying elements for carrying the vehicle to be lifted.