Rear drive assembly with load sensing
AssigneeAllis-Chalmers Corporation
InventorEdward B. Heckenkamp
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Abstract
A load-sensing device for sensing strain on the rear drive housing responsive to draft loads on the vehicle for generating a signal for controlling the raising and lowering of an implement through a hydraulic system of distributing vehicle weight or vehicle and implement weight.
Claims9
A load sensing system on a vehicle comprising, a vehicle, a vehicle chassis, a draft load hitching means connected to said vehicle chassis adapted for connection to an implement, drive wheel axles with drive wheels attached thereto, said axles rotatably mounted in axle drive housings on either side of said vehicle chassis for driving said vehicle, a draft load sensing means mounted on each of said drive axle housings of said vehicle chassis and spaced from said hitching means, said sensing means directly sensing strain and deformation across a portion of said axle housings of said chassis responsive to the opposing forces of the draft load on said hitching means and the driving force from the drive wheels for operating a draft load control system.
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