G01L 5/136
Force sensors associated with a vehicle traction coupling
Official title: {Force sensors associated with a vehicle traction coupling (vehicle connections B60D; control of vehicle brakes B60T)}
G01L5/136 (Force sensors associated with a vehicle traction coupling) appears on 91 US grants and 75 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01L- Granted patents
- 91
- Published applications
- 75
- Assignees
- 53
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- 180
- Latest grant
- 21 Oct 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for determining vehicle characteristics124US 10,752,075 B1Oshkosh Defense, LLC · 2020
- Load sensing pin51US 8,561,472 B2Precision Planting LLC · 2013
- Force sensor28US 4,982,613 ADeere & Company · 1991
- Force measuring device28US 5,149,121 APfister GbmH · 1992
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