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US 11,519,776 B2Granted
System and method for determining axle load
AssigneeDana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
InventorsMark A. Davis, Anthony N. Passero, Stoyan I. Stoychev
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Abstract
Methods and systems for estimating an axle load of a vehicle are described. In one example, a method is disclosed wherein axle load is estimated in response to an angle between two components of an axle. The angle may change as weight is added to or removed from the axle such that axle load may be determined as a function of the angle.
Claims16
A system for estimating axle load of a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle system including two or more axle system components, where the two or more axle system components include a knuckle and a kingpin;
- an angle sensor positioned proximate to one or more of the axle system components;
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- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that cause the controller to estimate axle load of a vehicle in response to one or more angles between the two or more of the axle system components, and adjust operation of a system of the vehicle in response to the estimated axle load of the vehicle.
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A system for estimating axle load of a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle system including two or more axle system components axle system components, where the two or more axle system components include a knuckle and a tie rod;
- an angle sensor positioned to sense an angle between the tie rod and the knuckle;
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- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that cause the controller to estimate axle load of a vehicle in response to one or more angles between the two or more of the axle system components, and adjust operation of a system of the vehicle in response to the estimated axle load of the vehicle.
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A system for estimating axle load of a vehicle, comprising:
- an axle system including an axle, a first knuckle, a second knuckle, a first kingpin, a second kingpin, and a tie rod;
- an angle sensor;
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- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that cause the controller to estimate an axle load in response to output of the angle sensor, where the angle sensor is arranged to sense an angle between the first kingpin and the first knuckle, sense an angle between the second kingpin and the second knuckle, sense an angle between the axle and the first knuckle, sense an angle between the axle and the second knuckle, sense an angle between the tie rod and the first knuckle, or sense an angle between the tie rod and the second knuckle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.