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US 2025/0050700 A1Published application
Sensor configurations for load sensing
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJason Neil Kennedy, Barry Gerard Gray, Dennis Bastiaan Kamphuis, Eric Marco Visser
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Abstract
A load monitoring system and techniques estimate a load on a vehicle, such as a trailer, bus, RV, or other vehicle. The system includes a sensor having a main body housing and an alignment feature. The main body housing contacts a first surface of a suspension component and the alignment feature contacts a second surface of the suspension component.
Claims20
A load monitoring system comprising:
- a suspension component;
- and
- a sensor coupled to the suspension component, the sensor comprising:
- a sensor main body carrying one or more functional sensing components;
- and
- an alignment feature extending from the sensor main body,
- wherein the sensor is disposed relative to the suspension component such that a surface of the sensor main body contacts a first surface of the suspension component, and a surface of the alignment feature contacts a second surface of the suspension component different from the first surface.
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An angle sensor comprising:
- a sensor main body carrying one or more functional sensing components;
- and
- an alignment feature extending from the sensor main body,
- wherein the sensor main body defines a first contact surface configured to contact a first surface of a suspension component and the alignment feature defines a second contact surface configured to contact a second surface of the suspension component.
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A method comprising:
- providing a sensor comprising a sensor main body carrying one or more functional sensing components and an alignment feature extending from the sensor main body;
- and
- positioning the sensor on a suspension component such that a first contact surface of the sensor main body contacts a first surface of the suspension component and a second contact surface of the alignment feature contacts a second surface of the suspension component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.