Invention Publication
- Patent Title: METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VEHICLE WEIGHT
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Application No.: US18152632Application Date: 2023-01-10
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Publication No.: US20230141344A1Publication Date: 2023-05-11
- Inventor: Andrew Niedert , Peter Simeon Lazarevski , Rinku Patel , Anton Rogness , Elliott Pearson , Joshua Rajasingh , Salvador Padilla
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Main IPC: B60G17/015
- IPC: B60G17/015 ; B60G17/017

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to determine vehicle weight are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a suspension airbag, a pump fluidly coupled to the suspension airbag, the pump to control a fluid pressure in the suspension airbag to cause ride height adjustments for a vehicle, a motor operatively coupled to the pump, and processor circuitry to calculate a weight of the vehicle based on an offset between (a) a first motor input that causes the vehicle to rise or lower when the vehicle is unloaded and (b) a second motor input that causes the vehicle to rise or lower when the vehicle is carrying a load.
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