Device and method for detecting the weight of the useful load of a commercial vehicle by means of a vertical sensor
AssigneePfreundt GmbH & Co. KG
InventorLudger Wissing
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for detecting the weight of the useful load of a commercial vehicle, comprising sensors which detect the amount of vehicle load produced by said useful load, in addition to a data memory that records information detected by said sensors. The sensors are designed to detect vertical acceleration. The invention also relates to a method for determining the useful load of a commercial vehicle, whereby the signals from the sensors that register the weight of the load of the commercial vehicle or the weight of a component receiving said useful load are supplied to the data memory either immediately or in a prepared form in order to detect vertical acceleration.
Claims8
Arrangement for recording a weight of a payload of a utility vehicle, comprising:
- a first sensor for recording vertical acceleration caused by stress to the vehicle generated by the payload, wherein the first sensor is arranged on a sprung component of the vehicle;
- for determining whether or not the payload is present on the vehicle;
- a second sensor for measuring the weight of the payload;
- and
- a data storage unit for registering information ascertained by the first sensor and the second sensor.
Method for registering a payload of a utility vehicle, wherein signals of sensors for ascertaining vertical acceleration register a weight stressing of the vehicle or of a component assuming the payload, the method comprising:
- measuring whether or not the payload is present on the vehicle;
- and
- feeding the signals of the sensors to a data storage unit directly or in processed form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.