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US 10,480,989 B2Granted
Device for creating a load profile of a vehicle
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorsDieter Strak, Anton Waibel, Ömer Mumcu
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Abstract
One general aspect of the present disclosure includes a control device for use in a vehicle. The control device may include a first counter and a second counter, where the first counter is assigned to a first weight range and the second counter is assigned to a second weight range. The control device may be configured to execute the following steps in an iterative manner: determination of an overall weight of the vehicle, and incrimination of the first counter when the overall weight falls within the first range.
Claims16
A control device for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a measurement device mechanically coupled to a vehicle transmission shaft and configured to measure a torque of the vehicle transmission shaft;
- a first counter and a second counter connected to the measurement device,
- wherein the first counter is assigned to a first weight range and the second counter is assigned to a second weight range,
- wherein the control device is configured to execute the following steps in an iterative manner:
- determination of an overall weight of the vehicle based on the torque;
- and
- incrimination of the first counter when the overall weight falls within the first range.
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A method comprising:
- determining an overall weight of a vehicle with a control device based on a torque in a transmission shaft of the vehicle, the control device having a first counter and a second counter;
- and
- incrementing one of the first counter and the second counter when the overall weight falls respectively within a first range or a second range,
- wherein a measurement device mechanically coupled to a vehicle transmission shaft measures the torque in the transmission shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.