AXLE WEIGHT SENSING DEVICE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240208473A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18597083

    申请日:2024-03-06

    发明人: Samuel N. Lievore

    摘要: A vehicle weight sensing system particularly useful for trailers. An axle tube is mounted to the vehicle or trailer through its suspension members that may be leaf springs. A mounting block is affixed to the axle tube for mounting a strain gauge. The mounting block is fixed to the axle tube between the suspension members connected to the axle tube. The mounting block has a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface and a notch extends from the mating surface toward the mounting surface. The notch terminates between the mating surface and the mounting surface. The notch separates rigidified sections of the mounting block and the rigidified sections straddle the notch. The stain gauge measures strain in the axle and thereby generates a signal proportional to the weight on the trailer. The signal can be used to properly proportion a brake system on the trailer.

    Stabilization of autonomous vehicles using electromagnetic force

    公开(公告)号:US11774986B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17102703

    申请日:2020-11-24

    摘要: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for stabilization of autonomous vehicles using electromagnetic force. In one embodiment, an example autonomous vehicle may include a base comprising a first side and a second side, and a first container handling assembly coupled to the base. The first container handling assembly may be configured to support a first stack of containers, and may be configured to extend from the autonomous vehicle in a first direction over the first side of the base. The autonomous vehicle may include a first electromagnet coupled to the base along the second side, and a controller configured to energize the first electromagnet when the first container handling assembly is in an extended position in the first direction, such that the autonomous vehicle is stabilized via an electromagnetic force generated by the first electromagnet.

    Load sensor system with improved assembly connection

    公开(公告)号:US11614372B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17869899

    申请日:2022-07-21

    IPC分类号: G01L1/22 B60G15/02 G01G19/12

    摘要: A load sensor having a centrally disposed aperture element through which a fastening element of a vehicle air suspension assembly passes to affix the load sensor between the vehicle air suspension assembly and the vehicle suspension, wherein the load sensor has a force measurement sensor disposed proximate an elongate slot to generate a load signal which varies based on an amount of strain in the load sensor, wherein the load signal received by a load calculator allows calculation of the load exerted from the vehicle frame to the vehicle suspension.

    PAYLOAD MONITORING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20220404191A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17664534

    申请日:2022-05-23

    IPC分类号: G01G19/12 G01G3/13 G01G23/18

    摘要: A system for monitoring payload of a vehicle includes at least one wireless transmitter comprising a piezo-resistive pressure sensor, a transceiver and a battery unit, encapsulated in an insulating casing, the at least one wireless transmitter being configured to be attached to an axle beam of the vehicle and to emit a wireless signal in response to a mechanical strain of the axle beam, a wireless receiver configured to receive the wireless signal from the at least one wireless transmitter.