PAYLOAD MONITOR

An apparatus determines the payload carried in a work vehicle by periodically measuring the pressure of a fluid contained within front and rear suspension struts. The struts are connected in supporting relation between a load carrying portion and a ground engaging portion of the vehicle such that a...

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Hauptverfasser:	WILLIAM G SCHWADER, CRAIG L SELLS, JAMES A SMITTKAMP, JOHN F SZENTES, DONALD E FOLEY, ALAN L STAHL, GREGORY H GIPP
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	MEASURING PHYSICS TESTING WEIGHING
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus determines the payload carried in a work vehicle by periodically measuring the pressure of a fluid contained within front and rear suspension struts. The struts are connected in supporting relation between a load carrying portion and a ground engaging portion of the vehicle such that a pressure differential between a loaded and unloaded vehicle can be shown to be indicative of the magnitude of the payload. Moreover, the pressures are a function of the geometry of a suspension means which interconnects the load carrying portion and the ground engaging portion.