Vehicle weight measuring structure and vehicle weight measuring apparatus using the same
AssigneeIces Co., Ltd.
InventorKi-Soo Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle weight measuring structure. The structure comprises a base plate; a plurality of support elements placed on the base plate, each support element having a pair of legs which project downward and are separated from each other by a predetermined distance to be brought into contact with the base plate, each leg having a free end serving as a contact part which possesses a rounded contour; and a structure body horizontally supported by the plurality of support elements in a manner such that an upper surface of the structure body and an upper surface of a road become coplanar, for transferring a load of a vehicle traveling on the road to the support elements.
Claims12
A vehicle weight measuring apparatus comprising:
- a base plate received in a quadrangular opening which is dug in a road to have a predetermined depth, for rendering a horizontal support surface;
- a plurality of support elements placed on the base plate, each support element having a pair of legs which project downward from a lower surface of the support element and are separated from each other by a predetermined distance to be brought into contact with the base plate, each leg having a free end serving as a contact part which possesses a rounded contour;
- a structure body horizontally supported by the plurality of support elements in a manner such that an upper surface of the structure body and an upper surface of a road become coplanar, for transferring a load of a vehicle traveling on the road to the support elements;
- a sensor mounted to the lower surface of the support element, for measuring a strain of the support element on the basis of a load transferred to the support element;
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- a vehicle weight calculation unit connected to the sensor, for processing and converting strain information from the sensor into a vehicle weight.
A vehicle weight measuring apparatus comprising:
- a base plate received in a quadrangular opening which is dug in a road to have a predetermined depth, for rendering a horizontal support surface;
- a plurality of support elements placed on the base plate, each support element having a pair of legs which project downward from a lower surface of the support element and are separated from each other by a predetermined distance;
- an optical fiber sensor installed between the pair of legs and having both ends which are respectively fixed to the pair of legs;
- a structure body horizontally supported by the plurality of support elements in a manner such that an upper surface of the structure body and an upper surface of a road become coplanar, for transferring a load of a vehicle traveling on the road to the support elements;
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- a vehicle weight calculation unit connected to the optical fiber sensor, for processing and converting strain information inputted from the optical fiber sensor into a vehicle weight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.