METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PAYLOAD ESTIMATION AND HITCH CONDITION DETECTION USING INTEGRATED SENSORS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PAYLOAD ESTIMATION AND HITCH CONDITION DETECTION USING INTEGRATED SENSORS

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for payload estimation and fault detection using hitch integrated sensors. An example apparatus includes a pin orientation determiner to determine a first orientation of a first pin and a second orientation of a second pin, the fi...

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Hauptverfasser: Giaier, Kevin Stanton, Rogness, Anton, Niedert, Andrew, Pearson, Elliott
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
MEASURING
MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
WEIGHING
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Zusammenfassung:Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for payload estimation and fault detection using hitch integrated sensors. An example apparatus includes a pin orientation determiner to determine a first orientation of a first pin and a second orientation of a second pin, the first pin and the second pin disposed within a hitch and calculate a relative orientation of the first pin and the second pin based on the first orientation and the second orientation. The example apparatus further includes a hitch condition detector to determine if a physical change has occurred in the hitch by comparing the relative orientation to an installation orientation of the first pin and the second pin.